Design Thinking: Introduction

An introduction workshop to the Design Thinking Process, as part of the DESIGN THINKING module at Lasalle College, Monterey (Mexico), which I’m honored to give by invitation of my good friend Jorge Otero.

Design In Asia with Autodesk, Shanghai

Interview with myself and Douglas Wang and Itamar Medeiros for Radio Johnny, by Daniel Szuc.

We talked about topics including design in China today, skills a designer should possess, and challenges and opportunities in working as a designer in Asia. This is the first of a series of interviews with designers in Asia to better understand “Design in Asia”

Digital Culture in China: Opportunities for Interaction Design

What is the state of Digital Culture (http://www.cumulusdigitalculture.net/cdc/?p=70) in Shanghai 2010? We need inner feedback from players in the local market. What are the trends, opportunities and threats in the vastest area in Asia concerning digital services, applications and media ? With the introduction of case studies (success stories, failures and errors also), explanation and analysis of creative processes & key factors in this specific context will be brought. Invited speakers Itamar Medeiros and Lynette Chan will be provide us with their vision for the future, and maybe tell us a bit about expectations and wishes for the evolution of design education in the field of interaction design, service design, digital media.
http://www.cumulus2010tongji.org/

Creating Creativity: Supporting Innovation within Collaborative/Distributed Design Environments

Given the current status of the software industry – where most products are globalized and the development is distributed through teams around the world – we talked about Shneiderman four-phase work for supporting creativity, and discussed how this framework can be applied in distributed/collaborative design environments.

Creating Creativity: Supporting Innovation within Collaborative/Distributed Design Environments

Given the current status of the software industry – where most products are globalized and the development is distributed through teams around the world – we talked about Shneiderman four-phase work for supporting creativity, and discussed how this framework can be applied in distributed/collaborative design environments.

Armoribats: Vernacular design influences on modern typographic design in Brazil

A presentation of a few of the 300 visual communication projects (logos, animation, packaging, typography, book design etc) selected for the biggest Latin American design event – which is currently being held in São Paulo – by Brazilian graphic designers Bruno Porto, Itamar Medeiros, Raquel Nolasco and Sarah Stutz. Lectures will be in english & chinese.