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=Design as a Collaborative Process =
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Find an online example of a product which utilizes his principles of collaborative design, add its URL, and describe its design in three sentences.** Design as a collaborative process is a means of creating products that draw upon the expertise of people in various related fields, and by working with the people who that the product is being designed for. Bill Moggridge uses the example of a chair designed collaboratively and the Red Cross blood donations service. The chair can be created with the help of medical professionals who know about the physiology of the spine, and the Red Cross can be changed with the help of the people donating blood so that there is a sterile and welcoming environment. Another example of a product that uses a collaborative process is siftables ([]). Siftables are basically small computers about the size of toy blocks that interact with each other by means of the programs being run on them. This technology provides an innovative approach to the way in which we interact with computers.
 * Describe how he defines 'design as a collaborative process', and cite two examples of how creators involve the people they want to create for in their work, according to Bill Moggridge's lecture.