Journal #6

I watched the video Thirty Conversations in Design where they asked 30 different designers two questions, What single example of design inspires you most? & What problem should design solve next? Here are 5 peoples answers...

Kit Hinrichs- Typography is the thing that most inspires him. The way in which

the letterforms are expressed, not the actual alphabet. They can be portrayed in many different aspects, bold, delicate, descriptive, etc. It is an art form and not just a hassle. Design should solve the problem of airplane secruity next. Having to take of half your clothes and put them on a conveyor belt that was built in the 40s is not exactly up to the 21st century. Some sort of design should be made to not have that process seem so painful.

Michael Lebowitz- The iPad is the example of design that most inspires him. Ho

w it is so interactive and easy to use. Its more human and more natural than things in the past. Software is the most flexible face of design. The problem we should solve next is how to create order and context out of things we have stores. We need to create meaning out of the data we have. Basically like an updated version of Google.

Tony Hawk- Apple products are the most inspiring to him. How they made a business only

product and transformed it into a product that is useful and fun and something you are proud to own. They made the idea less intimidating. That is what he sees as a problem that needs to be solved. Making the newer technology that has been coming increasingly more advanced into something that an be made fun, exciting and beautiful.

Tina Rothe Eisenberg- The swiss have an eternal need to arrange thing meticulously. That i

s what most inspires her, how they have influenced design. The problem she thinks need to be fixed is somehow providing safe drinking water to the world. Some engineers and designers to need to come together and fix this problem.

Ze Frank- (He was the most inspiring to me) The thing that was most inspiring to him was social design. It takes advantage of the immense complexity of our social interactions and simplifies it just for a moment so we can look at it through a different lens. Simply rules can get layered on top of interactions you think you understand but make you totally revaluate what you believe, how your manipulated and the way you think you can design the communications that your listening to. The problem he thinks needs to be fixed; all of the problems. "Even design should be redesigned." We need to see how choices affect how people can see our work. Everything should be exposed to the process of being interested. He thinks it would be interesting to see many people come together to try and fix one problem. He said that it would help him pay more attention to the world we live in.

My Thoughts- The thing that impresses me most is that fact that technology is increasingly getting more and more useful. Things you think you dont even need or realize you need are being created. Yes you can live without most things, but the fact that they are being created fascinates me. I think the problem we most need to redesign would be that fact that most people are just taking their own inputs and using them to create objects. I think everyone should put their ideas together because the more minds you have together, the more problems and ideas you can fix. Using this strategy you could eventually solve some of the worlds biggest problems.