design is diplomacy

Chicago Columbian Exposition, 1893

Make no little plans.

They have no magic to stir men's blood and probably will not themselves be realized.

Daniel BurnhamChicago Architect (1864-1912)

Make big plans.

Aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will never die, but long after we are gone will be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistency.

Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us.

Let your watchword be order and your beacon beauty.

Think big.

Daniel BurnhamChicago Architect (1864-1912)

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W A R N I N G !

In my past life I worked in a R&D Nuclear Systems Engineering team.

(Don Norman: I validate your point from yesterday)

I am 27 years old.

I believe that I have managed to still remain naive enough to think that I can change the world.

I am here because I care...

... about your product life cycle

your manufacturing processes...

(and how you outsource pollution)

...and its consequences everywhere!

I want to know how in the world you can still win Design awards without a comprehensive

I want to know how in the world you can still win Design awards without a comprehensive

NEEDS ANALYSIS

I dare challenge you...

NO AWARDS WITHOUT ACCOUNTABILITY

NO AWARDS WITHOUT NEEDS ANALYSIS

THIS IS A TURNING POINT

(I am not done)

I still want to know...

...how you will design the destruction of this paradise...

Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia

Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia

+70% of the world’s lithium is here

Do you really want this to be the next Tar Sands?

How does your design look like?

Finally, I want to know...

how do you infuse aspiration?

Obligatory reading:

@PaulPolak @OutofPoverty

DESIGN

DESIGN

DESIGNPRACTICAL PROBLEM SOLVING.

DRC 2011:

Please bring Dr. Paul Polak as a speaker!

Soy Ecuador Arturo PelayoExperience Lead, OU

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What I’ll share with you today:

1. A DML youth program in Ecuador.2. How we discovered it.3. Where we go from here.

let’s start with a metaphor

Adinkra symbol of the Akan people of Ghana.

‘learn from the past’

It symbolizes one taking from the past what is good and bringing it into the present in order to make positive progress through the benevolent use of knowledge.

-wikipedia

This is what we do.

Researchers, Designers, Ethnographers, Anthropologists...

It symbolizes one taking from the past what is good and bringing it into the present in order to make positive progress through the benevolent use of knowledge.

-wikipedia

It symbolizes one taking from the past what is good and bringing it into the present in order to make positive progress through the benevolent use of knowledge.

-wikipedia

It symbolizes one taking from the past what is good and bringing it into the present in order to make positive progress through the benevolent use of knowledge.

-wikipedia

context:

How we discovered this program in Ecuador.

2007 24,000 Nautical Miles

110 days at Sea

200 student participants

50+ Nationalities

GreecePortugalPanamaEcuadorFrench PolynesiaNew ZealandAustraliaChina (Shanghai + Hong Kong)

20077 days

12 people

14 languages

what did we learn?

Design is Diplomacy

where do we go from here ?

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