Hasta La Ideas

This video aired a while back but we thought it was so great that we decided to type up a transcript. It’s a TEDx talk given by Rachel Botsman, co-author of a new book entitled What’s Mine is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption. The book and talk are about the re-emergence of redistribution markets, collaborative lifestyles, and product-service systems that are enabled by web and mobile technology.

What does all of this have to do with design? Well, that’s what we’d like to ask you. If consumers are truly engaging more and more in sharing products and services, then how do we designers address that behavior with our work? As with any rising social change, we as designers have to ask – is this a threat or an opportunity? Have a look at the video and gives us your thoughts in the comments. How do you see Collaborative Consumption influencing the future of the way products and services are designed? How can design play a critical role in making the ideas of Collaborative Consumption appealing and scalable?

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