Thursday, August 21, 2008

Designing Objects That Tell Stories

Yves talks about how design is very much afraid of change, many innovations relate to the outer layers, appearances etc, rather than the inner structure and technology of products. As designers we need to work towards designing products as a whole and work on the entire process of human experience; by creating new experiences we develop more innovative and interesting objects. In a sense we need to think about designing products from the inside out. Another important aspect of a human experience is what we, as humans base our perceptions and cognitive thinking around; our values. Incorporating values such as environmental and sustainability issues within the design process can also enhance and create new experiences.

An interesting point mentioned was that new design is designing in a humanistic sense, where we fuse together 2 contrasting things - similar to human centered design we need to understand the relationship between work and the world, how the intricate details piece together the world around us; and how we use this relationship to develop new, innovative ideas.

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