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Product Design Super Cut

Product Design Super Cut

The bits of my talks people seem to like the most, smashed into one, supercut style, for Product Tank NYC.

Hannah Donovan

June 24, 2015
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  1. Product Design 

    Super Cut!
    Hannah Donovan, 24 June 2015

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  2. Hi! I’m Han!
    I’m a digital product designer.
    I love making things that foster
    self expression and create culture.

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  3. Hi! I’m Han!
    I’m a digital product designer.
    I love making things that foster
    self expression and create culture.

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  4. Hi! I’m Han!
    I’m a digital product designer.
    I love making things that foster
    self expression and create culture.

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  5. Don’t be vain because you
    happen to have talent. You are
    not responsible for that, it was
    not of your doing. What you do
    with your talent is what
    matters. you must cherish this
    gift. Do not demean or waste
    what you have been given.
    Work – work constantly and
    nourish it.
    – Pablo Casals, “Joys And Sorrows”

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  6. If you make stuff for a
    living, you’re creative.
    Nourish that creativity.

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  7. Some things I’ve
    learned about making
    stuff so far…

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  8. 1.

    Signpost
    the Work

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  9. What do you want?
    Why do you want it?
    First ask
    This is ‘the brief’ (questions you ask together
    with your client, users, colleagues) – whether
    you’re working for yourself or someone else.

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  10. What do you want?
    Why do you want it?
    First ask
    This is ‘the brief’ (questions you ask together
    with your client, users, colleagues) – whether
    you’re working for yourself or someone else.
    How to do it?
    Then decide
    This is for you and your colleagues to choose.
    This is not for your users or clients to decide.

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  11. Investigating
    (what, why)
    Producing (how)
    Turning the
    ‘creative corner’

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  12. is asking the right
    questions at the
    right time.
    50% of making

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  13. 2. 

    Find a Product
    Constraint

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  14. •Happens in the same room
    •Happens in real-time
    •You need friends
    •Works best with 1-10 people
    •You need a record player
    •You need records
    •You need to choose at the pace of a song (3 min)
    •You have to pick from someone’s collection
    •You can only share one thing at a time
    Records & friends:
    constraints

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  16. Because you can only post one song at a time, and every one of those
    songs is someone’s favorite right now, the network effect is all hits no filler.

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  17. 3. 

    Stop When it’s
    Good Enough

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  21. 4. 

    Have a Strong
    Point of View

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  22. Humans are human because they
    have a perspective: they care
    about things. One might call it
    our ability to give a damn. And it
    is this quality that allows us to
    determine what matters and
    where we stand. A computer
    can’t do that.
    – Christian Madsbjerg & Mikkel B. Rasmussen
    on Hubert Dreyfus in “The Moment of Clarity”

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  23. Humans are human because they
    have a perspective: they care
    about things. One might call it
    our ability to give a damn. And it
    is this quality that allows us to
    determine what matters and
    where we stand. A computer
    can’t do that.
    – Christian Madsbjerg & Mikkel B. Rasmussen
    on Hubert Dreyfus in “The Moment of Clarity”
    Computers can’t give a damn.

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  25. 5. 

    Chaos is an
    Opportunity

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  26. Original 1. Corrected levels 2. Film grain added

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  27. Original 1. Corrected levels 2. Film grain added

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  28. Original 1. Corrected levels 2. Film grain added

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  29. Original 1. Corrected levels 2. Film grain added

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  30. Photo by Timo Arnall
    Some people (they are wrong) say
    design is about solving problems.
    Obviously designers do solve
    problems, but then so do dentists.
    Design is about cultural invention. 


    – Jack Schulze

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  31. Thanks!
    Say hi @han

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