San Francisco's Cooper has been tackling design and strategy challenges for nearly two decades now, and over the past couple years (workload permitting), they've been illustrating their approach to creative problem-solving—arguably the essence of design—through a series of exercises entitled "The Drawing Board."
The latest episode, "Smart Checks," addresses an issue that we've all faced: splitting the bill at restaurants. (I find that this often comes down to how many drinks people have ordered—in the immortal words of Homer Simpson, alcohol is "the cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems"—and Cooper's example is no exception. But I digress...)
Solution (spoiler alert?): Cooper busts out the iPad just before the halfway point of the video... and everyone goes on their merry way.While Cooper's video clearly illustrates the problem and a hypothetical solution, it remains to be seen as to whether a certain innovative payment platform can make this a reality...
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