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Next week entries open for the very first Design Truth awards. Before we talk about the theme for this year, this is the week in which you can meet our judges. This was about putting a team together that will all look at the work through their own individual lens. A group that is relatable, encapsulates community spirit and wants to be involved for the good - not for their own personal brand. James Wood was the first I picked the phone up to. "Entering the Industrial Design industry demands perseverance, particularly during economic hardship. Winning this award could provide crucial momentum needed to overcome barriers and establish a foothold in the field." Our winner will receive paid work experience with James and the team at Studio Wood (and nearby AETHA® Product Design) - businesses coming together to give young people an opportunity. There is no bigger endorsement than that. Entries open May 6th. _ #industrialdesign #designtruth

The Mutual Influence of Design and Humanity. DESIGN MATTERS!! The structures we create influence how we live, work, and connect. From the openness of a public plaza fostering community to the comfort of a home nurturing peace, our designs leave a lasting imprint. This quote challenges us as creators to ask: How can our designs elevate lives, spark innovation, or even redefine culture? What’s a space or building that has significantly influenced how you feel or work? Share your experience—I’d love to hear about the designs that have shaped you! #WinstonChurchhill #ArchitectureMatters #HumanCenteredDesign #ArchitecturalImpact #SustainableDesign #ChurchillQuotes #DesignAndCulture #DesignForPeople

Had a ramblechat with my old pal Rob Alderson at Design Week about the potential benefits of knowing a bit more about the state of our industry... 'you can't improve what you don't measure' etc. Lots of folks (including some friends) much smarter than me had good stuff to say – check out the 25 Ideas for 2025 here... https://lnkd.in/edqTQVkQ

Come check out the Webinar Insearch is hosting tomorrow with Jane Meagher, DC PRO, MIRM, CSP, CAASH to learn about how to create a unforgettable Design Experience! Online/Virtual Design Center are now being offered by a record number of builders. The one word that comes up from nearly everyone of my conversations with builders is "inevitable" This isn't just a fad, it's becoming an expectations. Do it now while you can still impress your customers, not two years from now because you "have to"

I strongly encourage folks to join this webinar featuring María Alejandra Sandoval Avila and Sandra Waihuini, and hear more about Dalberg Design’s journey towards community-centred design! My longer reflection is below, but please join the webinar to hear Male and Sandra - who have both been at the forefront of this work - share their experiences. Over the last 5 years Dalberg Design has been exploring what it means to re-orient our practice to one that is community-centred. This shift is grounded in our shared belief that the design work we collaborate on is stronger when it is owned by the communities it seeks to address. Community members are not only best placed to answer questions about their experiences and co-design solutions, but they are also best placed to shape those questions and indeed shape the design brief based on their deep understanding of their local context. ⭐ Community members know how to get to a deeper level of “why” because they know what is interesting vs common-place. ⭐ Community members know who to speak to because they know who is living the average experience vs the anomalies (including the positive deviants). ⭐ Community members know when a proposed solution might be a miss because they have seen solutions come and go and can push when things need deeper work and thought. So we begun this endeavour of de-centring our teams and our work and shifting power to communities (their teams and their work). It has been a humbling experience that has often led us to re-evaluate our capabilities and develop a more grounded approach. We moved away from the pressure to find a new, definitive way of doing design and instead focused on incremental changes and experimentation. These allowed us to accept that there is no single answer, but principles, considerations, and questions we could explore in each context. We moved our needle By Being. ❓ Asking questions: Encouraging open dialogue within projects, listening actively, and avoiding making assumptions about what the communities we work with need. 🤔 Being reflective: Regularly evaluating our progress, identifying areas for improvement, and adapting our approach based on feedback from the community. We moved our needle By Doing. 🚶♀️ 🚶♂️ Walking the talk (within our constraints): Engaging community members, establishing advisory councils, collaborating intentionally, supporting and integrating community organizations that are specialists in the space and have a historical presence in the community, playing back insights in the field, being more intentional about how we compensate community members for their time, and setting up more formal research protocols with even tighter and more transparent data protection norms, among other changes. I would love to hear more about how other practitioners have been evolving their practices! #communitycentred #design

In recent years, the profound challenges we have faced have sparked innovation and underscored the importance of making a meaningful impact in our communities. Download #DesignForecast2025 to explore how design is reshaping the way we live, work, and play.  

I had the most amazing time doing a Q&A with the Service Design Network Switzerland on Saturday. If you want to hear how to use experiments as a tool for all of life, (and some personal examples) the recording is out! 🥰 #experimentsforlife #designthinking #personalgrowth #professionagrowth

Creativity knows no bounds – we design, anywhere and everywhere. Watch ideas flow from open air to final form! #CreativeDesign #BeyondTheStudio #RenderAndReality #DesignInTheOpen #ArtInEverySpace #BoundlessCreativity #FromVisionToReality #3DRendering #DesignMagic #InnovationInDesign

It’s 2024 and the world of design is constantly evolving. As this new year has arrived, so will many new trends in the creative industry. They will ultimately impact how people work and create... Learn more: https://bit.ly/440a0yR #GraphicDesignTrends #DesignTrends #SmallBusinessTrends #SocialMediaTrends #BusinessTrends

Coincidence: where the unknown meets design. Every connection has a  purpose.  Happy New Week #purposefulliving #serendipity #coincidences #tlfirstmanagementconsulting #drolasode #tlfirstteam #motivation #mondaymotivation #fyp #explorepage #deliveringtomorrowtoday #design