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Is Design THE Skill of the Future? Wayne Hodgins Snowflake, Strategic Futurist, Velocity Made Good Inc. Designers ‘R Us!? MG

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Is Design THE Skill of the Future?

Wayne HodginsSnowflake,Strategic Futurist,Velocity Made Good Inc.Autodesk Fellow

Designers ‘R Us!?

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It’s ALL Yours!

For Questions & Comments please contact:

[email protected]: wwwayne

For slides, blogs, podcasts and more:http://waynehodgins.typepad.com

Slides @ http://www.slideshare.net/WayneH/

Good Ship sv Learnativityhttp://learnativity.typepad.com

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www.CreativeCommons.org

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What’s Wayne’s address?

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13.15.795N  88.29.198W El Salvador

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The Snowflake Effect

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Just the right CONTENT, toJust the right PERSON, atJust the right TIME, onJust the right DEVICE, inJust the right CONTEXT, inJust the right WAY ………

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Design Defined:

1. create detailed plan of something: to make a detailed plan of the form or structure of something, emphasizing features such as its appearance, convenience, and efficient functioning

2.  plan and make something: to plan and make something in a skillful or artistic way

3. intend something for particular use: to intend something for a particular purpose

4. invent something: to contrive, devise, or plan something

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Design Approaches: (some)

KISS principle, (Keep it Simple Stupid, etc.), which strives to eliminate unnecessary complications.

There is more than one way to do it (TIMTOWTDI), a philosophy to allow multiple methods of doing the same thing.

Use-centered design, which focuses on the goals and tasks associated with the use of the artifact, rather than focusing on the end user.

User-centered design, which focuses on the needs, wants, and limitations of the end user of the designed artifact.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design

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Design Methods include: Exploring possibilities and constraints by focusing critical thinking skills to

research and define problem spaces for existing products or services—or the creation of new categories; (see also Brainstorming)

Redefining the specifications of design solutions which can lead to better guidelines for traditional design activities (graphic, industrial, architectural, etc.);

Managing the process of exploring, defining, creating artifacts continually over time

Prototyping possible scenarios, or solutions that incrementally or significantly improve the inherited situation

Trendspotting; understanding the trend process.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design

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Design:

As a verb, "to design" refers to the process of originating and developing a plan for a product, structure, system, or component with intention[1].

As a noun, "a design" is used for either the final (solution) plan (e.g. proposal, drawing, model, description) or the result of implementing that plan in the form of the final product of a design process[2].

This classification aside, in its broadest sense no other limitations exist and the final product can be anything from clothing to graphical user interfaces to skyscrapers. Even virtual concepts such as corporate identity and cultural traditions such as celebration of certain holidays[3] are sometimes designed.

More recently, processes (in general) have also been treated as products of design, giving new meaning to the term process design.

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ProSumers all!

Alvin Toffler’s prescient word: Producers + Consumers = ProSumers

New version = Tearners? (Teachers + Learners)?? See OCOT blog for more

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Tools for Tearners:

http://www.howcast.com/

http://smart.fm/

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Snowflakes via 3D Printing

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Content Design by Designers ‘R us!

1. CNET Online Courses Free online how to classes and tutorials on everything from car technology to digital photography. More about CNET 2. eHow eHow is a treasure trove of how to information, anything from arts and entertainment to sports and fitness. More about

eHow 3. wikiHow wikiHow is a giant how to manual, but since it's a wiki, anyone can add or edit the information you find here. More about

wikiHow 4. Instructables Share what you like to make and how others can do the same at Instructables, a community driven how to site.

More about Instructables 5. HowStuffWorks HowStuffWorks gives you great how to explanations and tutorials - you can find how to guides on a wide variety of subjects

here. MOre about How StuffWords 6. Make Make magazine is a fascinating site full of how to guides, many extremely eclectic. More about Make 7. Lifehacker Whether you're looking for help on how to reformat a hard drive, organize your notes, or stop procrastinating so much, you

can probably find it at Lifehacker. More about Lifehacker 8. Wired How To Wiki The Wired How To Wiki is a site full of technology tutorials that help you figure out how to do it yourself. More about Wired's

How To Wiki 9. About.com You can find a huge amount of how to information right here at About.com, from riding horses to digital media to

relationship help. More about About.com

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Your thoughts?

How are YOU already a designer?

Why will this NOT happen?

Other skills of the future?

???

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For Questions & Comments please contact me @[email protected]

For slides, blogs, podcasts and more see Off Course – On Target @

http://waynehodgins.typepad.com

Slides @ http://www.slideshare.net/WayneH/

Sailing: http://learnativity.typepad.com [email protected]

Thank You!