(2012/08/15)
ReDesign for Sustainability – "Experiencing" a Smart Journey in FormosaThe Talent Cultivation Program for Smart Living Industry is delighted to announce that the "2012 Asian Smart Living International School" will be held from October 10-14, 2012 in Taiwan. Participants are expected to focus on international issues of smart living to promote and enhance the development of the field of smart living in Asia.
The main focus of this International School will be "Redesign for Sustainability." The living labs chosen for this year are three small communities with own traditional industries. They are facing different problems during the revolution from past to the future. Participants will spend time exploring the three living labs so they will be able to observe, experience, and learn about the environment, history, culture, and industrial development background. They will also be given opportunities to interact with local residents and masters in the fields of traditional industries. Moreover, participants will also be given the opportunity to assess the actual needs, resources, and goals of the communities to create new ideas, such as innovation of new craft materials, fine-tuning end products, improvement of the touring flow, or the quality of software and hardware of the environment. The main goal of "2012 Asian Smart Living International School" is to generate usable, useful and desirable concepts to help the communities in developing practical, meaningful, and sustainable smart-living lifestyles through a 5-day live learning workshop.
The 4Ds Process
Day 1
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Day 3
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Discover
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To mark the start of the project, participants will be accommodated in a real life setting. The needs of the product or service user, or issues or problems that must be addressed will be observed and identified by the participants through the designed experiential activities and exploration of local communities.
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Define
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Findings from the Discover stage will be collected, and the initial ideas for solutions will be pitched and prototyped.
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Day 4
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Day 5
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Develop
| Participants will be coached to develop several concepts that will address the problems or issues that were identified during the Discover and Define stages. |
Deliver
| The concepts of a product or service that successfully addresses the problem identified during the Develop stage will be delivered and presented by the participants. |
Key Themes
| • | Conservation for quality life - to seek to propose convincing alternatives in the "Age of Austerity" |
| • | Delightful way to age - to make healthy and enjoyable communities for active aging |
| • | Innovation and refinement from the tradition - to integrate crafts and design into new products or services for sustainable development |
| • | ReDesign as transformation - to promote and sustain the development of local communities with smart ideas |
Workshop Objectives
| • | To apply and integrate the "Double Diamond Method" (Discover, Define, Develop, and Deliver) design concepts into their proposals |
| • | To gain active learning experience |
| • | To evaluate sustainable development of the proposals |
| • | To share personal ideas and innovative concepts with others |
| • | To gather various view points from different cultures and professional backgrounds |
| • | To test the efficiency of designed teaching aids (smart toolkits or modules) |
| • | To increase cooperation and communication with involved participants |
Eligibility
Applicants for this workshop must hold a masters-level postgraduate position at a college or university, aim to further enhance their cross-cultural experiences, and must be interested in handcrafts making. This program is limited to 30 participants, with a composition of 15 domestic and 15 international students. The final list of participants will be established with the goal of assembling a group who represents a wide range of cultural backgrounds and specialties.
Preliminary Program
| Oct. 9 | Arrival |
| Day 1 | Orientation and Introduction |
| Day 2-3 | Live Learning Experience |
| Day 4-5 | Workshop: A Smart Living Neverland 2.0 |
| Oct. 15 | Departure |
Facilities
The International School will be held at various locations in Taipei and Yilan, Taiwan. Participants will be housed at the Chientan Overseas Youth Activity Center in Taipei and the Kavalan Hotel in Yilan. The opening ceremony and orientation will be held at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology in Taipei and the workshop and closing ceremony will be held at National Ilan University in Yilan.
Further Information
For further information, please contact:
Secretariat for the 2012 Asian Smart Living International School
Mr. Chung-Ping (Hank) Lai, hank.smart.living@gmail.com
+886-2-2730-1284
Department of Industrial and Commercial Design,
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
No. 43, Sec. 4, Keelung Rd., Taipei City 106, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
