David Kelley: The future of design is human-centered

http://www.ted.com IDEOs David Kelley says that product design has become much less about the hardware and more about the user experience. He shows video of this new, broader approach, including footage from the Prada store in New York.

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[jlha85]

Cost is a delusion; the question isn't "How much does it cost?" The question is do we have the resources?" And of cours this is a big resounding YES.

[Dae1234567]

have they invented a device that enables humans to breath underwater w/o lugging an oxygen tank around? like a mini filter that separates the hydrogen from the oxygen?

[aic53]

Really puts technology from the turn of the century into perspective. I never saw it this way before, partly due to the fact I was a kid and also everything as a kid is about play, but nevertheless fantastic to look back into time and see the level of progress.

[Jackcabbit]

The first thing I thought of when I read your comment? "We can rebuild him. We have the technology!"

[matthewdunndotbiz]

feel like i should leave a comment to push out the old ones...

[joelet123]

cool

when are we going to have things like this in our everday life?

[AnubisEye009]

You must construct additional pylons.

[TheAmericanApologist]

That sounds very green of you.

But I think that Kelley is right when he says that our little spaces should be based on what we need to live a good life, and for that we need choices. I agree with you that the fake robotic flower is questionable, but I think that Kelley is right about maintaining a human centered approach and perhaps rejecting any notion that says otherwise: religion, collectivism, environmentalism or any of that unpleasantness.

But, who is John Galt?

[kmarinas86]

Resources - Balls = Cost

[dylanlawless1]

wow this technology seems so old

[whateva1983]

I'm a designer, and I think many would think this isn't as much human centered as it is stupid. Cubicles with fake robotic flowers are still the design of a prison. we need design of an ecosystem without cubicles int he first place