Products of Design MFA student Damon AholaÕs thesis, entitled ÒHacking the Orchestra of Life: A Movement for Capturing Ambient Energy,Ó explores the space of energy generation through human-made sources. While jogging on a treadmill at the gym one day, Damon looked at the landscape of people bobbing up and down on machines. He thought, ÒWe were all exerting a huge amount of energy, but consuming a vast amount of energy as well.Ó His observation led to the question, Òhow can we take advantage of all of this activity?Ó Through product design, interaction design, service design, branding and platforms, Damon explores the notion that anything that moves can be seen asÑand converted intoÑa source for energy. This body of work emphasizes the immediate, urgent need for new green energy, and it is possible to realize meaningful change by using design to reframe our perception of energy use and production.