{"id":200038,"date":"2015-01-28T15:21:59","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T15:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newed.any0.dpdns.org\/en-us\/research\/events\/design-expo-2010\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T12:01:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T19:01:31","slug":"design-expo-2010","status":"publish","type":"msr-event","link":"https:\/\/newed.any0.dpdns.org\/en-us\/research\/event\/design-expo-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Design Expo 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<p><strong>Design Expo Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newed.any0.dpdns.org\/en-us\/research\/event\/microsoft-design-expo\">About Design Expo<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/newed.any0.dpdns.org\/en-us\/research\/event\/design-expo-2017\">Design Expo 2017<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/newed.any0.dpdns.org\/en-us\/research\/event\/design-expo-2016\">Design Expo 2016<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/newed.any0.dpdns.org\/en-us\/research\/event\/design-expo-2015\">Design Expo 2015<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/newed.any0.dpdns.org\/en-us\/research\/event\/design-expo-2014\">Design Expo 2014<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/newed.any0.dpdns.org\/en-us\/research\/event\/design-expo-2013\">Design Expo 2013<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/newed.any0.dpdns.org\/en-us\/research\/event\/design-expo-2012\">Design Expo 2012<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/newed.any0.dpdns.org\/en-us\/research\/event\/design-expo-2011\">Design Expo 2011<\/a><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Each year, Microsoft Research sponsors a semester-long class at leading design schools. Students are asked to form interdisciplinary teams of two to four students to design a user experience prototype that solves a real-world problem. From these groups, a representative team from each school presents its work to Microsoft.<\/p>\n<div class=\"conM \">\n<h2>2010 Design Challenge<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Service meets social: Designing Services with Social Networking Technologies<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s a service? Think everything from getting a coffee at Starbucks to being treated at your local hopsital, from government services to financial services.<\/p>\n<p>Social is all about people building and connecting through communities and sharing information and influence.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s challenge: what happens when service meets social?<\/p>\n<h2>Participating schools and projects<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.artcenter.edu\/accd\/index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\">Art Center College of Design<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, Los Angeles, CA, US<b>\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li>Project:<strong> Steps:\u00a0an online resource and community for educators.<br \/>\n<\/strong>With lesson plan databases, member profiles, and a series of expandable integrative applications and devices, <i>Steps<\/i> brings networking to K-12 education and allows innovative ideas to be shared beyond the classroom.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/design.cmu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Carnegie Mellon University, School of Design<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, Pittsburgh, PA, US\n<ul>\n<li>Project: <strong>GURU:\u00a0a service that helps teenagers discover and grow creative interests and learn about the vast array of creative careers with the help of industry professionals.<\/strong> <i><br \/>\nGURU<\/i> has two components\u2014a website and a browser widget. The browser widget recommends careers and professions to teens, based on the content that they are viewing. On the website, teens can explore day-in-the-life stories and other content posted by professionals, ask questions of professionals, and share their interests with friends. <i>GURU<\/i> is based on an advertising model and is free to both teens and professionals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.arts.ac.uk\/csm\/\" target=\"_blank\">Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, London, UK\n<ul>\n<li>Project: <strong>Data Hungry Skin | Connections in Faraday<\/strong><br \/>\nThe team&#8217;s theme was around biotechnological services, entitled \u201cSocial Pica.\u201d They were thinking about biotechnological alternatives to or extenders of forms of communication, offered as \u201csocial snacks.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nyu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">New York University<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, New York City, NY, US\n<ul>\n<li>Project: <strong>Farmbridge: An\u00a0online platform that supports local food communities by making it easier for neighbors to form groups and gain access to locally farmed food.<\/strong><br \/>\n<i>Farmbridge<\/i> offers management tools for community organizers as well as social software to allow neighbors to engage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/uia.mx\/\" target=\"_blank\">Universidad Iberoamerica<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, Mexico City, Mexico\n<ul>\n<li>Project: <strong>Kueponi: a system that creates and facilitates partnerships between universities and companies that provide teens with a chance to obtain competitive and technical skills in place of school.<br \/>\n<\/strong>Because government-run schools in M\u00e9xico simply cannot scale to the country&#8217;s population growth, many are left without education. Teens who are not able to attend school need a chance to improve their knowledge and skills.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/art.washington.edu\/design\/undergraduate\/interaction-design\/about-interaction-design\/\" target=\"_blank\">University of Washington<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, Seattle, WA, US\n<ul>\n<li>Project: <strong>Open Door<br \/>\n<\/strong>Open Door creates sustainable local communities through the exchange of goods and services by creating a platform that fulfills service needs, like Craigslist does, while facilitating social relationships, like Facebook does.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Related Links<\/h3>\n<p>Interview with Design Expo 2010 student participants<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Design Expo Links: About Design Expo Design Expo 2017 Design Expo 2016 Design Expo 2015 Design Expo 2014 Design Expo 2013 Design Expo 2012 Design Expo 2011Opens in a new tab Each year, Microsoft Research sponsors a semester-long class at leading design schools. 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Students are asked to form interdisciplinary teams of two to four students to design a user experience prototype that solves a real-world problem. From these groups, a representative team from each school presents its work to Microsoft.<\/p>\n<div class=\"conM \">\n<h2>2010 Design Challenge<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Service meets social: Designing Services with Social Networking Technologies<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s a service? 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On the website, teens can explore day-in-the-life stories and other content posted by professionals, ask questions of professionals, and share their interests with friends. <i>GURU<\/i> is based on an advertising model and is free to both teens and professionals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.arts.ac.uk\/csm\/\" target=\"_blank\">Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, London, UK\n<ul>\n<li>Project: <strong>Data Hungry Skin | Connections in Faraday<\/strong><br \/>\nThe team&#8217;s theme was around biotechnological services, entitled \u201cSocial Pica.\u201d They were thinking about biotechnological alternatives to or extenders of forms of communication, offered as \u201csocial snacks.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nyu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">New York University<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, New York City, NY, US\n<ul>\n<li>Project: <strong>Farmbridge: An\u00a0online platform that supports local food communities by making it easier for neighbors to form groups and gain access to locally farmed food.<\/strong><br \/>\n<i>Farmbridge<\/i> offers management tools for community organizers as well as social software to allow neighbors to engage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/uia.mx\/\" target=\"_blank\">Universidad Iberoamerica<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, Mexico City, Mexico\n<ul>\n<li>Project: <strong>Kueponi: a system that creates and facilitates partnerships between universities and companies that provide teens with a chance to obtain competitive and technical skills in place of school.<br \/>\n<\/strong>Because government-run schools in M\u00e9xico simply cannot scale to the country&#8217;s population growth, many are left without education. 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