Timm Kekeritz is founder and managing director of the design consultancy Raureif. He He holds a degree in Interface Design from the Fachhochschule Potsdam. Read abstract & bio…
Abstract:
EcoChallenge – a digital companion to a more sustainable lifestyle.
The iPhone app EcoChallenge helps people to change their daily behaviours through little playful challenges, accompanied by eye-opening infographics and interactive calculators. The app allows users to compete with their friends through Facebook.
EcoChallenge is part of the research initiative »EcoViz« by the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam.
Timm Kekeritz will talk about the mechanics of the app, the process of creating it and the lessons learned.
More at eco-challenge.eu
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Timm Kekeritz is an interaction designer, software expert and simplicity enthusiast from Berlin. He is founder and managing director of the Raureif design consultancy. Prior to founding his own business in 2009, he worked for the international design firm IDEO in their San Francisco, Palo Alto and Munich offices. He also teaches at the Interface Design programme of Fachhochschule Potsdam and at the CIID programme at the Danish Design School in Copenhagen. Timm holds a degree in Interface Design from the Fachhochschule Potsdam and is alumnus of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes.
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