Designing for the long-term Design and Innovation from Accenture Interactive Andy Polaine APAC Regional Design Director – Fjord @apolaine @fjord Web Directions – Design 2018
Andy Polaine – Fjord – Designing for the long-term – Web Directions 2018 Design outside the lines As the discipline of design broadens its horizons, new challenges are arising. To continue making an impact, designers need to evolve how they work, learn, and differentiate themselves. Andy Polaine – Fjord – Designing for the long-term – Web Directions 2018
9 Andy Polaine – Fjord – Designing for the long-term – Web Directions 2018 Perhaps none of it matters. Until it does. Image source: https://9to5mac.com/2018/04/11/zuckerberg-testimony-reaction/
10 Andy Polaine – Fjord – Designing for the long-term – Web Directions 2018 First World Problems are actual problems. And Kendall Jenner can’t help us. Image source: Georges Biard - Wikimedia Andy Polaine – Fjord – Designing for the long-term – Web Directions 2018
The capability of technology is always overestimated. The difficulty of great design is always underestimated. 11 Andy Polaine – Fjord – Designing for the long-term – Web Directions 2018
Andy Polaine – Fjord – Designing for the long-term – Web Directions 2018 12 Most digital products aren’t products. They’re service ecosystems. Political, economic, social, technological ecosystem • We need to prevent our service from becoming obsolete • We need to understand the effect of our service on society Business ecosystem • We need to extend our market offering • We are falling behind our competitors Multi-channel service • Our brand experience is not seamless • Our service needs to feel more personalized and magical Single touchpoint • People are not using our service • We don’t know how to reach and connect with our customers
“The separation of architecture and engineering that had begun in the 19th century was not responsive to the complex nature of modern architecture.“ 15 Andy Polaine – Fjord – Designing for the long-term – Web Directions 2018 Sydney Opera House nomination by the Government of Australia for inscription on the World Heritage List Image source: State Archives and Records of NSW
“We made the working drawings just ahead of the actual construction going on at the building site so therefore development was not very far ahead of what was actually going on at the site at any one time.” 16 Andy Polaine – Fjord – Designing for the long-term – Web Directions 2018 Jørn Utzon Image: Popperfoto/Getty Images
“Sleep is extremely important to me – I need to rest and recover in order for the training I do to be absorbed by my body.” Usain Bolt 24 Andy Polaine – Fjord – Designing for the long-term – Web Directions 2018 Image: Fernando Frazão/Agência Brasil
25 Andy Polaine – Fjord – Designing for the long-term – Web Directions 2018 The four seasons of design Image: John Seymour - The Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency
26 Andy Polaine – Fjord – Designing for the long-term – Web Directions 2018 The four seasons of design Image: John Seymour - The Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency
27 Andy Polaine – Fjord – Designing for the long-term – Web Directions 2018 The four seasons of design Image: John Seymour - The Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency
28 Andy Polaine – Fjord – Designing for the long-term – Web Directions 2018 Spring Synthesis Concepting Alpha Beta Pilots Image: Wilfried Santer - Unsplash
30 Andy Polaine – Fjord – Designing for the long-term – Web Directions 2018 Autumn Harvest Reevaluate Prune back Repair Stock up for winter Image: Aaron Burden - Unsplash
31 Andy Polaine – Fjord – Designing for the long-term – Web Directions 2018 Winter Stop Recover Take stock Research Dream Get ready for Spring Image: Andy Polaine