Hasta La Ideas

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We’re excited by the recent trend toward open-source design approaches, with Continuum’s a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/open_for_branding_continuums_transparent_design_project_for_design_museum_boston__17027.asp”Open for Branding/a project, a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/competition/the_betacup_challenge_is_now_open__16307.asp”Betacup/a on the Jovoto platform, and the recent announcement of a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/introducing_openideo__17079.asp”Open IDEO/a. So, we’re especially thrilled to be able to announce and track, first-hand, a href=”http://www.openplanetideas.com”Open Planet Ideas/a, a promising collaboration between a href=”http://www.sony.com”Sony/a and global conservation group a href=”http://www.worldwildlife.org/”WWF/a, utilizing the a href=”http://openideo.com/”Open IDEO/a platform./p

pThis challenge is a great one for designers: using existing Sony technologies, either on their own or in unique combinations, how can we address key sustainability issues in new ways? Sony provides information about all their available tech, the WWF provides all the latest environmental facts and figures, and participants provide their fresh inventor minds. Casting a wide net, Sony is betting on the myriad of ideas that can come from a community of people both interested in environmental issues and capable of re-purposing anything from GPS units to dye-sensitized solar cells. Participants can also propose disruptive new applications from nine ‘seed’ technologies, used alone or in new combinations./p

pToday kicks off the initial inspiration phase, open through October 1, in which participants upload inspirations and observations in the form of photos, stories, or videos. With community input, the best insights will be synthesized, and the challenge will be re-framed to kick off the concept phase./pa href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/open_planet_ideas/introducing_sonys_open_planet_ideas_17269.asp”(more…)/a
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