Designing the Next Generation of “Green” Computing Technology
Last fall, Dell called on members of the ReGeneration to help design the most environmentally-responsible computing technology on the planet. From Hong Kong, to Sweden to Japan, Singapore and India, design professionals and educators are answering the call by submitting their product designs and ideas.
Five jury-selected finalists will be announced in April and presented with a prize of $10,000 each. The online community will then vote for a winner who will receive an additional $15,000. If the popular vote winner is a student pre-registered by an educator, then that university is also eligible to receive a $15,000 prize.
We recently completed our search for the jury members and are pleased to announce them here today.
Martin Charter is the director of The Centre for Sustainable Design at University College for the Creative Arts (UCCA) in the UK. Martin was also the launch director of Greenleaf Publishing, marketing director at the Earth Centre, former co-coordinator of one the UK’s first green business clubs, ran a regional network on green electronics and currently directs a network focused on eco-innovation.
Jeremy Faludi is a product designer and researcher, specializing in eco-design. He has consulted for Rocky Mountain Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Labs and The Biomimicry Institute. In addition to his design work, he teaches at Stanford University and the Minnesota College of Art and Design and writes for Worldchanging.com.
Chris Hacker is the chief design officer for the Global Strategic Design Office at Johnson & Johnson Consumer & Personal Products Worldwide. Hacker’s passion is bringing awareness to designers of their power in the business world to make sustainable design a key paradigm of design process and therefore minimizing the environmental impact of various types of products.
Update: Chris Hacker was unable to judge the competition. He was replaced by Mark Newton.
Mark Newton is responsible for Dell Environmental Policy. In this role he directs global policy development, stakeholder engagements and corporate accountability on environmental issues including material use, energy efficiency, product recycling and climate strategy.
Louise St. Pierre is an associate professor of Industrial Design at Emily Carr Institute. She previously taught industrial design at the University of Washington for 10 years (7 years as chair of the program). Louise is co-author of Okala Ecological Design, a curriculum that helped to establish ecological teaching methods in design schools across North America.
Andrew Dent, PhD, is the vice president of Library and Materials Research at the Material ConneXion Inc. In this role, Dr. Dent directs research into innovative materials products and processes. He is the co-author of two books with George M. Beylerian, “Material Connexion: A Global Resource of New and Innovative Materials for Architects, Artists and Designers” and “Ultra Materials: How Materials Innovation is changing the World.”
Gadi Amit is the principal designer and founder of New Deal Design, a high-end design agency located in San Francisco, California. Gadi’s design work has earned more than 55 design awards including I.D. Magazine, IDSA / BusinessWeek IDEA and Catalyst awards, the Chicago Athenaeum Good Design award and Japan’s G-Mark award. Prior to founding New Deal Design, Gadi served as vice president of design for frog design in San Francisco. Gadi founded New Deal Design based on the socially-responsible merits of designing for the real world.
We’ll continue to post updates throughout February and March. If you haven’t already, be sure to visit the contest Web site and let us know what you think.
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