The opening day's slides and exercises to the two week summer course at IED in Barcelona I'm running. Our project topic this year is the future of food. More details on the course can be found here - http://iedbarcelona.es/en/cursos-info/summer-course-in-innovation-and-future-thinking/
6. Strategic Design
bridges disciplines and departments,
roles and responsibilities.
It is concerned with the factors
around a thing, not just the thing itself.
9. Natalie D Kane
• Natalie is a curator, writer and researcher at the intersection
of culture, design and futures.
• Curator at FutureEverything in Manchester, an innovation for
digital culture and festival.
• Consultant and Researcher at Changeist, a post-global lab
that helps companies, individuals and organisations navigate
complex futures.
• Co-founder of Haunted Machines, a curatorial project that
analyses the use of magical narrative and analogy in
technology.
10. John Arboleda
• Founder and owner of Notonyourown (NOYO) S.L., a specialized
higher education and stakeholder engagement consultancy that
applies human-centered innovation
• Developed specialized methodologies and service-design tools
tailored for the higher education sector
• A track record not only in stakeholder engagement & user
experience models but also in human capital development and
internal analysis of institutions
• John graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles
(UCLA) and is a graduate of the Coro Fellows Program in Leadership
and Public Affairs (USA).
20. Mechanics
“the behavior of physical bodies when
subjected to forces or displacements, and
the subsequent effects of the bodies on
their environment”
Wikipedia
23. Manifesto for a Ludic Century
“Media and culture in the
Ludic Century is increasingly
systemic, modular,
customizable, and participatory”
Eric Zimmerman
61. Finding a vision and work to it,
provoke the rest of the
group into thinking and
feeling differently about the world
Searching for the big, fundamental truths,
to express the laws that govern this world,
proof to support those laws, and ways to
express them in their simplest form
Honing in on the people at the
heart of this, looking for the problems
that the user is fed up with, and solving
them as quickly and cleanly as you can.
Looking at the fundamental workings
how it is wired, working out what else
it can do, and why that solves the
problem in a completely different way.
Origin: Rich Gold, ‘The Plentitude’
Evolved for IED IFT course 2017
77. New information
Analysis & synthesis
Previous experience
Cultural traditions
SOURCE: JOHN BOYD
PRESENT}
PATTERNS}
78. The pattern problem
An example becomes a lesson
A lesson becomes a method
A method becomes a practice
A practice becomes a doctrine
A doctrine becomes death
79. We can’t get caught waiting
for things to happen again
91. Popular thing
Popular thing
On the COLOURED SIDE
of the first two cards…
TWO things you love
(products, services,
experiences)
AND the reason
you love them
92. FOURSQUARE
Because nobody really uses
it, it’s a great ‘weird’ city
guide for new places
DROPBOX
It now has a scanner that
allows me to take a picture
of something which
becomes a PDF
For example…
93. Broken thing
Broken thing
On the WHITE
SIDE of the other
cards…
TWO things that
are BROKEN
about the food
you eat
94. INSTAFOOD
When more care is taken in
how something looks than
how it tastes. Stunts over
substance.
TV DINNERS
Per week, the average
person* spends 5 hours
watching cooking shows, and
only hour hours cooking.
For example…
*UK adults - source: New Philosopher
95. You now should have four cards
FOURSQUARE
Because nobody really uses it, it’s
a great ‘weird’ city guide for new
places
DROPBOX
It now has a scanner that allows
me to take a picture of something
which becomes a PDF
TV DINNERS
Per week, the average person*
spends 5 hours watching cooking
shows, and only hour hours
cooking
INSTAFOOD
When more care is taken in how
something looks than how it
tastes. Stunts over substance.
96. In teams of 4,
lay out each
of your cards
one at a time,
explaining each
Think, Make, Place, Say*
Popular thing Broken thing
Popular thing Broken thing
Popular thing Broken thing
Popular thing Broken thing
Popular thing Broken thing
Popular thing Broken thing
Popular thing Broken thing
Popular thing Broken thing
*Jeff Patton
97. Popular thing Broken thing
Popular thing Broken thing
Popular thing Broken thing
Popular thing Broken thing
Popular thing Broken thing
Popular thing Broken thing
Popular thing Broken thing
Popular thing Broken thing
Now use the
Popular Things
to solve the
Broken Things
112. SLOWFAST PEOPLE
FRIENDS
FAMILY
KIDS TEAM
FUNDRAISERS
PARTIES
PARENT HELPERS
COMMUNITY PROGRAMMES
LOCAL TEAMS
HERITAGE
OFFICIAL LEAGUES
GRASSROOTS
MATCH OFFICIALS
GOVERNING BODIES
TOURNAMENT
INTERNATIONAL TEAMS
EUROPEAN COMPETITION
SUPPORTERS CLUBS
TELEVISION COVERAGE
134. Pokemon Go ‘mob’, July 20th, San Francisco
Photo: NYT
TEMPORARY SPATIAL SHOCKS
135. Gamers Pokémon Public parks
Fashion fans Ltd editions Shopping malls
Patients NHS Doctors Surgeries
Self-driving cars Cheap fuel Village petrol station
Violent mobs Suppression Polling stations
139. WHO
WHAT
Culture, Individuals, Groups
What are they part of?
How do they communicate?
What beliefs do they share?
Matter, Space, Objects
What is it made of?
How is it accessed?
What does it depend on?
140. SLO
W
ER
FASTER
WHO
WHAT
Culture, Individuals, Groups
What are they part of?
How do they communicate?
What beliefs do they share?
Matter, Space, Objects
What is it made of?
How is it accessed?
What does it depend on?
What happens in
five years time?
What have the last
24 hours been like?
In the long run,
how is this sustainable?
Step by step, how
does this work?