James Dyson answers the internet’s burning questions about design and inventions. Dyson’s products are clear examples of the Industrial and Engineering part of Design. Especially his answer to the question What’s the most important element of design in your opinion? is an interesting relevant take for this week.
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Design for the Other 90% demonstrates how design can be a dynamic force in saving and transforming lives, at home and around the world.
Second week, theme Production. From 12 to 16 September 2022
Nowadays, consumers want more and more stuff. What is the problem with this and how are the different parts of the product chain involved? This video gives a short visual overview of the story of stuff.
Nick and Christian from Google Design discuss potential trajectories for the messy futures of emerging technologies and argue for design being appropriately and systematically messy in response. Please watch the video from the first marker to the second for this week. In this part you will see some ideas about the roles of models and abstractions and get an idea of their possible uses.
Lecture by Bregje van Eekelen and Ianus Keller about the theme of week 3 of Understanding Design: Consumption
George Monbiot explains what a trophic cascade is and how wolves change rivers.
The video referred to in the lecture on the rise of consumer research in the early 1950s. Using methods to mine the unconscious, leading to the focus group. Also contains that famous story about just adding an egg to instant-cake to remove the barrier of guilt.
Eighth week, theme User X. From 24 to 28 October 2022