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	Cell Out Mobile Phone Backlash Hits the Hip Crowd by Nathan Ellis FWD Fashion Wire Daily July 23, 2001 Excerpt from the article ... But the cell phone still has its loyalists. Fashion technologist Victor Chu, designer of the infamous Modo.net pager, loves roaming the city and calling people to get things together for a project or event, as well as having one, all-access phone number. Citing an ex-girlfriend who was "notoriously on the phone when we were together," he admits phone etiquette is often lacking in Manhattan. But Chu asserts that the backlash is just as much about stale design. "In Japan, they already have full-color video phones and their regular phones are half the size of Motorola's V-series. They have customized ring tones and graphics. Here, it's basically caller ID and voicemail." he quotes. Chu is setting up a research and development lab at Parsons dedicated to electronic accessories and is pairing up technology companies like Samsung and Nokia with apprel companies like Donna Karan and Nike. He also taught a "Wearable Technologies" class at Parsons School of Design this spring in which students designed concepts for the 2005 market - like the Mood Phone, which changes color according to conversational topic and tone and has an astrological interface.		Parsons School of Design New York, NY parsons.edu Victor Chu Design Instructor 2001 Wearable Technologies Instructor, Center for New Design Co-instructor for Professor Richard Yelle's Wearable Technologies, cell phone design course, spring 2001. In interdisciplinary class instructing students on the process of electronics design- from market research to concept, hardware design, interface design, accessory design to engineering. The course challenged students to think and create conceptually yet realistically. Students worked via teleconference with engineering students at Michigan State University on engineering issues and constraints. Conceptual direction given to students by Victor: "My ideal phone would be a 100% biodegradeable device that I could flush down the toilet when I'm ready to buy the newest and latest." At the end of the semester students presented innovative phone concepts such as The Mood Phone and The Seed Phone. The Mood Phone, changes color according to conversational topic and tone and has an astrological interface. The Seed Phone uses a soy-based resin implanted with seeds inviting the user to "plant your phone" when ready to replace it. The concepts generate media attention and further inspires Motorolla to fund biodegradable casing materials. Digital Illustration Instructor, Fashion Design Instructor for Digital Fashion Illustration at the department of Fashion Design. Photoshop techniques for textile and fashion design, fall semester 2001. Related Links Department of Design & Technology parsons.edu Department of Fashion Design parsons.edu Richard Yelle, Parsons School of Design March 1, 2002 Telephony Online Here Come the Souped-Up Cell Phones February 15, 2002 BusinessWeek It’s a Phone And a Flower August 8, 2001 Wired Reality Check by Jayne A. Close How Design Magazine May, 2001 Working with big-business partners through the Center for New Design, Parsons School of Design students aren't just studying the future of design, they're shaping it. Imagine graduating from one of the largest degree-granting colleges of art and design in the U.S. with both a padded portfolio and the ability to say you logged some serious project-time with, oh, financial behemoth Merrill Lynch. For many design students, it's a résumé dream. For many Parsons School of Design students, it's simply another college semester. In July 1999, Parsons School of Design, a division of New School University, opened the Center for New Design, a project-based laboratory dedicated to challenging the creativity of advanced students and faculty. Located in the heart of New York City's Silicon Alley, the Center aims to shape the future of design by bridging it with technology and business through projects, exhibitions and lectures. "Parsons has always embraced innovation," says Mimi Chan, project coordinator for the Center. While any design student can read about the masters and the new trends in the field, the Center goes one step further and provides an interdisciplinary environment with businesses on real-life projects that emphasize four target areas: technology, materials, process and teamwork. The Seed Phone In collaboration with the University of Michigan Engineering Department, Center students redesigned a wireless phone with a focus on using recyclable materials while at the same time improving the phone's interface and styling. This design by Christopher Koser uses a soy-based resin implanted with seeds inviting the user to "plant your phone" when she's ready to replace it.