I watched Jessica Helfand about higher learning. She says she’s inspired most by her students because they are always changing, growing, and looking at the world in a different way. That is what matters in design-change. Helfand states that he biggest problem facing design is that we tend to be myopic and focus on a small portion rather than a broad picture. She says we need to think in more expansive ways. That we shouldn’t only face problems at the time they face us but to look at it as a longer terms instead of just a narrow way.
K. Kirk & N. Strandberg – Discussed the iphone and how it changed their daily life. They think the iphone design is very intuitive and really love the interface design. It consolidates a lot of things in their life; work, social, games. They like that they can always be connected with their business wherever they go, which was not possibly 5-10 years ago. They’re hoping that iphones will soon become more accessible, they want the prices to drop.
Tina Roth Eisenberg – She mentioned that she went to Switzerland and saw this meticulously stacked pile of woods. She was starting at a stack of firewood and thought about how the farmer put so much thought into arranging this stack neatly. Everyone is a designer in some sort. She’s also interested in how cultural differences influence design. She wants to solve the problem of safe drinking water. Eisenberg is hoping that design combined with engineering could solve problems like this to help people’s lives. I hope so too!
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