In the context of the course Design+Management at PARSONS the new school for design, me and my team (Lívia Fabrin Pereira, Tanya Popli and Pablo Bordons Estrada) identified a problem that many incoming students face when moving into a dormitory: bringing new stuff or buying new ones result in so much wastes in both resources and money, which leads to unhealthy habits, environmental issues and financial mismanagement. So the question is what is better, to buy, to borrow, to bring lots of stuffs from home? Better is Better than New, take a look ;)

1. The FINAL Project
Strategic Design management
Lívia Fabrin Pereira Pablo Bordons Estrada Tanya Popli

2. Tanya
19
Ana
23

3. • They don’t know each other
They will be sharing a Dorm suite
Story
$100
extra weight
baggage
$100
extra weight
baggage

17. Francesco
21 Brian
22

18. To be continued …

30. 660 pans!

31. 660 pans!
~ 70,000 $ extra weight

32. They don’t know each other
so they cannot plan in advance what to bring
and share.

42. No cooking tools
or habits

47. R.A. from Stuyvesant Housing Building

48. End of term at Founders Hall – NYU Dorm

49. That means 33 elephants from
Kerrey Hall dorm.

52. …they don’t need to plan
in advance because everything
they need will be provided?

53. …they will have personal
assistance to help them make
their experience clean, healthy
and environmentally friendly?

54. ...all the trash they leave
behind will be collected
and organized to be reused
donated or disposed?

57. Would you buy a towel
or cutlery from a
second hand
store ?

59. …and now?

61. VALUES

62. KEY ACTIVITIES

65. Bedroom KIT
20 $
Regular Price
50 $

67. Bathroom KIT
25 $
Regular Price
60 $

69. Kitchen KIT
35 $
Regular Price
80 $

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81. http://www.reusenyc.info/
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http://www.newschool.edu/student-housing/
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cleaning-in-30-seconds/
http://www.prnewswire.com/
http://dinegreen.weebly.com/disposables.html
http://gothamist.com/
http://www.ct.gov/
SOURCES

82. THANK YOU!