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Reflections on the betacup design challenge

16 Jun 2010 – 8:08

I kinda can’t believe how far we’ve come with the betacup project. One year ago, I was at Overlap ’09 where I met Toby Daniels and his craaaazy idea to change the way we drink coffee. I hopped on board, brainstormed at Overlap, wrote a little blog post…and suddenly here we are today, announcing the [...]

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Papel, The Paper Cup [Comic]

5 Nov 2009 – 10:23

The betacup team is working to make known the size and scope of the problem with non-recyclable paper cups. They’re consumed in large quantities, especially for to-go lattes and the sort. And they’re subsequently disposed of in large quantities. In fact, over 58 billion paper cups are thrown away every year. The protagonist in my [...]

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Bodystorming the betacup

6 Aug 2009 – 11:27

Here’s the video from our bodystorming exercise at Overlap09. We were trying to illustrate how our early betacup prototype could reduce paper cup waste and encourage eco-friendly behaviors among consumers. We’d love for any and all feedback! The betacup Bodystorming Session – Overlap 09 from The betacup on Vimeo.

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Reflections on the betacup (part II)

4 Aug 2009 – 11:04

“I grabbed a cup of instant from the hospitality table on the second morning of orientation. It was piping hot and I was in a hurry, so I stuck an ice cube in, but then a friend hailed me and began chatting; by the time we parted, I was holding a cup of watery lukewarm [...]

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Do you drink coffee? Take our survey!

1 Aug 2009 – 14:04

Following the exciting brainstorming around the betacup at Overlap last weekend, our team has created a survey to better understand the practices of coffee drinking. If you’re a coffee (or tea!) drinker and have a moment to complete it, please do! (This has also been cross-posted on Mechanical Turk to get a wider diversity of [...]

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