Olin College Student Courses/Vital Ideation

Vital Ideation (for your everyday life) is a course that is being designed, run and taken by the students of Olin College of Engineering in Needham, MA. Vital Ideation focused on viewing the world through different "lenses" which could influence design and ideation.

The Vital Ideation Olin College STU course logo.

The Fall 2009 version of Vital Ideation is modeled after the original Spring 2008 version of the course.

Logistics edit

Last time, Vital Ideation met during 12-1pm over lunch. This was awful - people rushed in from their ends-at-noon class and rushed off to their starts-at-one class. Perhaps VI should consist of inviting the speaker to dinner from 6-7pm and then speaking from 7-8pm. This seems a lot more compatible with student schedules.

Topic Ideas edit

  • Mobile Devices & Ubiquitous Information
  • Design For Fun
  • Triple Bottom Line
  • Data Archival
  • Accessible Technology

Speaker Ideas edit

To get access to the Speaker Ideas Google Doc, e-mail Greg Marra.

Participants edit

  • Mikey Lintz
  • Greg Marra
  • Nikki Lee (might audit)