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Human Practice Centered Design : Service Designing Practice Transition - Community Supported Agriculture as a Case Study
thesis
posted on 2014-01-01, 00:00 authored by Christiana LacknerDesigners study human behavior in order to create products and
services that respond to human needs. However design also works to
support the emergence of different ways of living, beyond the needs
or desires uncovered with more traditional human centered design
research approaches.
This project takes an approach to understanding human behavior that
is relatively unexplored in the field of design. Using social practices I explored new ways for designers to model human behavior. I extended the use of social practice models into the space of service design, exploring a new kind of tool and approach to help designers create services that develop and support social practices. I used Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) —a system where
community members buy shares from a group of local farmers in exchange for weekly produce—as a case study for testing these new approaches.
History
Date
2014-01-01Degree Type
- Master's Thesis
Department
- Design
Degree Name
- Master of Design (MDes)