After an enlightening morning of discussion, coffee and idea sharing had a lot to live up to—and it did just that and more. Read on for a quick recap of what went on in the afternoon sessions of the #Core77Con in Brooklyn:
Colin McSwiggen, Technologist and Writer What responsibility do we have as designer to those who make and use our designs? McSwiggen showed us all the immense social and cultural impact created by the very rise of design in industrial and manufacturing settings. When white collar, clerical work began to separate from factory based work, a rift between the two worker classes was born, supported by architecture and maintained by further advances in technology. Today, we look at process of designing to make something easier as a potential introduction of more difficulties and stress into our own lives and the lives of those. Colin's presentation was an eye-opening exploration of the real results of design. See what the crowd in attendance had to say:
"The history of design is the history of work. The very notion of design is a statement about how we work." @cosmc #Core77Con
— Divia Padayachee (@DiviaPadayachee) June 19, 2014.@cosmc kicks off the 2nd half of the day speaking to the many ways people interpret "design" #Core77Con pic.twitter.com/UyCM6OuEZ7
— IDSA (@IDSA) June 19, 2014Marta Salas-Porras, Creative Director at Obscura Digital The remix is starting to take off and Salas-Porras encouraged us to pay close attention to the possibilities and opportunities all around us. From models of open source that are becoming standardized (think Getty Images and the Tesla patents) to the growing understanding that the "accepted" form of formal, post high-school education is nearly useless, we have countless chances to leverage the last unregulated resource available to us: Our creativity. Once we gain a firm grasp of the social and socioeconomic consequences of our designs, we can truly change the future, but it requires that we focus on the moment. Check out the audience's reaction on Twitter:
"This is the greatest time to be a creative, [in this time of] spherical thinking" Marta Salas-Porras #Core77Con
— HDOº (@ideasrealidad) June 19, 2014Panel: Integrated Technology What do a light up prom dress and a global network of satellites delivering wifi to every person on earth have in common? They are both examples of how the integrated technology discussed in the final panel of the day can impact our lives. Becky Stern and Ricardo Prada discussed their processes for researching user experiences and how they incorporate failure into their projects. The educational value of both the large and smalls scale integrated technology projects was emphasized as the fuel for progress."Leave the constraints of specialized disciplines behind." Experience MDD: multiple discipline disorder. - Marta Salas-Porras #Core77Con
— Caroline Tiger (@carolinetiger) June 19, 2014"@core77: "My prom dress doesn't light up yet," is a problem that can lead people to want to learn to program - @bekathwia #Core77Con"
— Alessandra Viero (@AlessandraVier2) June 19, 2014"I try to fail fast" @bekathwia it's not a failure but a feasibility test & allows iteration and improvement #Core77Con
— Yeh IDeology (@YehID) June 19, 2014. @adafruit sees itself as an educational experience with a gift shop at the end. #wearabletech #Core77Con
— Caroline Tiger (@carolinetiger) June 19, 2014Tim Parsons & Jessica Charlesworth, Founders of Parsons & Charlesworth The realm between speculative design and reality is a blurry one, to say the least. Parsons & Charlesworth took a great stab at bringing us right in the middle of it with their presentation, Vernacular Spectacular. Through sharing their own work, they walked us through the fine details of products and their working place in society, mass-produced or otherwise. See more on what attendees liked most from what they had to say:
At #Core77Con hearing about Jessica's fictional personal futures project- rich narrative via physical objects @ObjectThinking @jessginger
— Carla Diana (@carladiana_) June 19, 2014@ObjectThinking @jessginger inspiring the crowd at #Core77Con on their 4th wedding anniv. Thx for spending it w/ us! pic.twitter.com/KgeUT1dngC
— Deborah Alden (@deborahalden) June 19, 2014Allan Chochinov, Partner at Core77 Starting off with a series of vacation photos spotlighting the various ways in which brands work to confuse us from every angle, Chochinov wrangled a few laughs out of the crowd to ease us into the all-encompassing topic. In his words, "The line between good and evil is very blurry... Who decides what is good and what is evil?" By bringing a number of popular commercial bits to play, Chochinov showed us all the tiny instances of everyday products being turned into objects of design. Here are a few take-aways from his presentation:
"We can pretty much make anything we choose and we are all going to die." - @chochinov #Core77Con
— Carly Ayres (@carlyayres) June 19, 2014RT @IDSA: Design has a responsibility @chochinov #Core77Con / Yes it does: to be ambitious about the future NOT cautious about the present
— DesManLon (@DesManLon) June 19, 2014Casey Neistat, Filmmaker There's no better way to wrap up the debut Core77 Conference than with a few viral videos and an impromptu Snapchat session from a famed movie-maker. Neistat shared his moral-molding early years and how he nailed his career-igniting globetrot for Nike, in the form of a Youtube-esque ad video. As you can imagine there's more to come on that, but for now check out what the audience members had to say about the much-anticipated keynote:
Great wrap up #Core77Con: @CaseyNeistat - 'it cost me every penny I had to close my business ... I just wanted to create.'
— Brenda Sanderson (@brendamontreal) June 19, 2014@CaseyNeistat speaking about overcoming the "bureaucraticization of the spirit" #Core77Con pic.twitter.com/qsmx7t5RYR
— Marissa Hatch (@marissa_leigh_h) June 19, 2014@caseyneistat at the #core77con killing it #domore #inaugurals pic.twitter.com/toaPl9iIJj
— Products of Design (@svaPoD) June 19, 2014See what everyone else had to say on Twitter!
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— IDSA (@IDSA) June 19, 2014\nMarta Salas-Porras, Creative Director at Obscura Digital\nThe remix is starting to take off and Salas-Porras encouraged us to pay close attention to the possibilities and opportunities all around us. From models of open source that are becoming standardized (think Getty Images and the Tesla patents) to the growing understanding that the \"accepted\" form of formal, post high-school education is nearly useless, we have countless chances to leverage the last unregulated resource available to us: Our creativity. Once we gain a firm grasp of the social and socioeconomic consequences of our designs, we can truly change the future, but it requires that we focus on the moment. Check out the audience's reaction on Twitter:
\n\n"This is the greatest time to be a creative, [in this time of] spherical thinking" Marta Salas-Porras #Core77Con
— HDOº (@ideasrealidad) June 19, 2014\n\n\nPanel: Integrated Technology\nWhat do a light up prom dress and a global network of satellites delivering wifi to every person on earth have in common? They are both examples of how the integrated technology discussed in the final panel of the day can impact our lives. Becky Stern and Ricardo Prada discussed their processes for researching user experiences and how they incorporate failure into their projects. The educational value of both the large and smalls scale integrated technology projects was emphasized as the fuel for progress."Leave the constraints of specialized disciplines behind." Experience MDD: multiple discipline disorder. - Marta Salas-Porras #Core77Con
— Caroline Tiger (@carolinetiger) June 19, 2014\n\n\n\"@core77: "My prom dress doesn't light up yet," is a problem that can lead people to want to learn to program - @bekathwia #Core77Con\"
— Alessandra Viero (@AlessandraVier2) June 19, 2014\n\n\n"I try to fail fast" @bekathwia it's not a failure but a feasibility test & allows iteration and improvement #Core77Con
— Yeh IDeology (@YehID) June 19, 2014\n\n\n. @adafruit sees itself as an educational experience with a gift shop at the end. #wearabletech #Core77Con
— Caroline Tiger (@carolinetiger) June 19, 2014\nTim Parsons & Jessica Charlesworth, Founders of Parsons & Charlesworth\nThe realm between speculative design and reality is a blurry one, to say the least. Parsons & Charlesworth took a great stab at bringing us right in the middle of it with their presentation, Vernacular Spectacular. Through sharing their own work, they walked us through the fine details of products and their working place in society, mass-produced or otherwise. See more on what attendees liked most from what they had to say:
\n\nAt #Core77Con hearing about Jessica's fictional personal futures project- rich narrative via physical objects @ObjectThinking @jessginger
— Carla Diana (@carladiana_) June 19, 2014\n\n\n@ObjectThinking @jessginger inspiring the crowd at #Core77Con on their 4th wedding anniv. Thx for spending it w/ us! pic.twitter.com/KgeUT1dngC
— Deborah Alden (@deborahalden) June 19, 2014\nAllan Chochinov, Partner at Core77\nStarting off with a series of vacation photos spotlighting the various ways in which brands work to confuse us from every angle, Chochinov wrangled a few laughs out of the crowd to ease us into the all-encompassing topic. In his words, \"The line between good and evil is very blurry... Who decides what is good and what is evil?\" By bringing a number of popular commercial bits to play, Chochinov showed us all the tiny instances of everyday products being turned into objects of design. Here are a few take-aways from his presentation:
\n\n"We can pretty much make anything we choose and we are all going to die." - @chochinov #Core77Con
— Carly Ayres (@carlyayres) June 19, 2014\n\n\nRT @IDSA: Design has a responsibility @chochinov #Core77Con / Yes it does: to be ambitious about the future NOT cautious about the present
— DesManLon (@DesManLon) June 19, 2014\nCasey Neistat, Filmmaker\nThere's no better way to wrap up the debut Core77 Conference than with a few viral videos and an impromptu Snapchat session from a famed movie-maker. Neistat shared his moral-molding early years and how he nailed his career-igniting globetrot for Nike, in the form of a Youtube-esque ad video. As you can imagine there's more to come on that, but for now check out what the audience members had to say about the much-anticipated keynote:
\n\nGreat wrap up #Core77Con: @CaseyNeistat - 'it cost me every penny I had to close my business ... I just wanted to create.'
— Brenda Sanderson (@brendamontreal) June 19, 2014\n\n\n@CaseyNeistat speaking about overcoming the "bureaucraticization of the spirit" #Core77Con pic.twitter.com/qsmx7t5RYR
— Marissa Hatch (@marissa_leigh_h) June 19, 2014\n\n\n@caseyneistat at the #core77con killing it #domore #inaugurals pic.twitter.com/toaPl9iIJj
— Products of Design (@svaPoD) June 19, 2014\nSee what everyone else had to say on Twitter!
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