Designers – Think Big

• Work in terms of design thinking
• tackle bigger problems – on a larger scale
• You learn by making
• You grow as a designer through the design process
• Make design user centered
• Ask the right questions
• Get a good understanding of the cultural context of the design and its purpose
• learn to question fundamentals of society
• allow the user to design their own solution

Resource Abundance by Design

• Understand how the choice of material affects the product, user and environment
• Cradle to cradle design
• Create a circular economy
• Use already existing resources to create
• Ensure technical nutrients go back to the industries, and biological nutrients go back to nature
• Design for disassembly
• Make carbon as an asset

Why Designers Should Be in Love with the Process of New Ideas

• Start with questions, don’t jump directly to answers
• Failure is the road to success
• Make several sketches, mockups, prototypes and experimental studies
• Redesign to reduce cost
• Better thinkers make better makers
• Focus on sustainability
• Optimise a design