My last entry had some meandering thoughts
about the foundations for disciplines. Here let’s consider addressing design
weakness through: 1) technology, 2) techniques or 3) talent (people).
Following are some of my materials (warning shameless self-promotion!)
but there are many other sources available. Below are some approaches for
common weakness among designers.
Weak at or hateful toward:
Drawing
Use graphics/rendering programs or scribble
sketch.
Model making
Use materials you are comfortable with like
clay or foam core.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZcO7Js9fGA&index=11&list=PLyhGT2rZ2DvgAP86MvS2GZOHHVFMk6Yiw (video)
- https://www.academia.edu/32959438/Model_Making.pptx (PowerPoint)
Engineering
Buy
my book! http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920042617.do
Ideation
Work in a group, do creativity exercises,
Develop techniques. Make sure you experiment with ideas you have never seen
before, create surprise.
Impossibly complex, wicked problems
Check out all the discussion on design
thinking:
- https://www.academia.edu/27313413/Art_of_Invention (PowerPoint)
- https://www.academia.edu/9814659/Design_Thinking (PowerPoint)
Material selection
Surround yourself with real materials that
you can touch and experiment with. Find favorites such as in my previous blog post: https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5519627997616041041#editor/target=post;postID=6130921847858290005;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=10;src=postname
Ethnography
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWSXyCVBv-4 (video)
- https://www.academia.edu/9814739/Ethnographic_Design (PowerPoint)
Math
Use software such as Excel (Solver etc.),
Matlab or make new friends.
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