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If you don't understand habits, how can you hope to change them? The challenges and opportunities of habits to encourage sustainable living by Professor Bas Verplanken, University of Bath, England    Why do we behave the way we do? Why does it seem so difficult to change behaviour? Common sense suggests, and many behaviour change programs optimistically assume, that we weigh up the pros and cons of a behaviour before we decide to perform it. But in reality, many of the behaviours that we…See More

NB: Deadline for abstract submission is 15th May 2012!  Today it is not questioned that service design is interdisciplinary, neither that it is an increasingly important area for designers to work within. Design research on the topic has since late 1990's framed different aspects of service design. Research to date has looked at areas such as visualizations, prototyping, interactivity, systems and activity theory, as well as the relationship to service management. However, very little seem to…See More

Dr Anna Meroni is assistant professor at the INDACO (Industrial Design, Arts, Communication and Fashion) Department of the Politecnico di Milano University, Italy, a Training and Research Centre in Design. She investigates service from the perspective of strategic social innovation, with a specific emphasis on community centred design. Her main research areas are food systems and innovative housing for sustainable lifestyles. Anna will be joining us at the Service Design Drinks and Thinks to…See More

You are invited to take part in an enthralling, engaging and energising event – an audience-led Q&A (re. ABC 1 format) discussion on service design. The panelists…See More