[Design and Technology] FW: Announcing the Design Play Cards the fun way to discover design thinking and ecodesign

Fri Mar 22 15:41:49 EST 2013

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Subject: Announcing the Design Play Cards the fun way to discover design thinking and ecodesign

The fun way to explore design thinking and ecodesign: Design Play Cards 

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Introducing the Design Play Cards!

The fun new toolkit for educators on design thinking and design for sustainability by Eco Innovators. 

We are very happy to announce our latest and greatest education tool kit -  <http://ecoinnovators.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=52af3ee2221ac9656aad1f252&id=c0d9f1f2cf&e=3ed0e3ecbc> The design Play Cards, a deck of 50 quirky playing cards designed to challenge, inspire and explore design thinking and design for sustainability.

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The cards are divided into three groups: The ‘Design Problem’ set challenges players to solve social and environmental design issues, the ‘Design Inspiration’ set encourages players to find inspiration through real world solutions in action and the ‘Design Strategy’ cards help players discover opportunities through sustainable design thinking.   

“The cards incorporate a range of design problems, solutions and inspirations, and they’re being used by design educators all over the world – an ideal way to encourage design students to think creatively about addressing social and environmental issues. But who’s to say we can’t all have a go? The cards can be used for group play and to create and solve design challenges, and you can  <http://ecoinnovators.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=52af3ee2221ac9656aad1f252&id=e65e5aa46f&e=3ed0e3ecbc> buy them as a box set or grab yourself a free  <http://ecoinnovators.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=52af3ee2221ac9656aad1f252&id=13c6102e82&e=3ed0e3ecbc> print-and-play set online. Who said you couldn’t solve the world’s problems and have fun at the same time?”
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