Prof. Jacques Giard, PhD
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What are the goals for today?
• Gaining a basic understanding of the designing process… • The Velcro story • Design-in-the-News… • What we already know…
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Design in the News
McDonald's plans to spend more than 600 million euros (US$828 million) to remodel 1,280 of its European restaurants.
NY Times Saturday August 25, 2007
"Re-imaging is essential in the competitive world of retail."
Denis Hennequin
President of McDonald's Europe
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One conclusion is that we are given a natural world… But we design an artificial one!
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For the purpose of DSC 101 and borrowing from Herbert Simon, designing will be defined as… “A universal activity that humans everywhere undertake to find the means to change an existing situation into a preferred one.”
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How can we begin to explain the designing process? The Designing Triad is one way.
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The Designing Triad… Designer/Maker/ User as participants.
DESIGNER
MAKER
USER
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The Designing Triad… Designer/Maker/ User as participants.
CONTEXT
DESIGNER MAKER A USER
The Age of Needs
(2.5 M BCE to 10,000 BCE)
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The Designing Triad… Designer/Maker/ User as participants.
The Age of Needs
(2.5 M BCE to 10,000 BCE)
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The Designing Triad… The User becomes independent.
CONTEXT USER A DESIGNER MAKER
The Age of Surplus
(10,000 BCE to 1700 CE)
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