design technology Project: Less is more (for the environment!)

design technology ‘Hi! How are you?’ Or ‘Hi! Where are you?’

design technology behaviour! Anti-social

design technology a mobile culture

design technology after U! They R

design technology other audiences

design technology What was the first mobile phone? Motorola DynaTAC Motorola Walkie Talkie

design technology Smaller, Smaller! Oh! And can you make them more affordable? (please!)

design technology Then the rules changed! Marc Newson’s Talby Isamu Sanada Hipod

design technology What about the environmental impact? Planned Obsolescence. Who benefits?

design technology What materials? LCD Contains liquid crystalline substances, such as mercury, sandwiched between glass or plastic Electricity consumption Doesn’t compare to houses or cars Kinetic energy Hydrogen fuel cells Zinc air fuel cells Solar energy Board and outer body These are constructed from plastic, which requires crude oil. PCB These include gold, copper, lead, nickel, tantalum and coltan.

design technology What is Active Disassembly (AD)? What is a smart material? What is SMA?

design technology Why do we discard our mobile phones so quickly? Is it just appearance and functions? What if we could improve the appearance and the function of an existing phone?

design technology Here’s one theory!

design technology Here’s one theory! Good

design technology Here’s one theory! Bad

design technology Here’s one theory! Add a new function here?

design technology Here’s one theory! Add a new function here? Easy!

design technology Here’s one theory!

design technology Less Project: Less is more (for the environment!)

design technology Less Project: Less is more (for the environment!)

design technology Less Project: Less is more (for the environment!) What else could it do?

design technology Developments

design technology Why the iPhone makes 2008 seem like 1968 all over again