Looking to the Past to Design the Future

A talk on Local Project's work that I gave at The Made in NY Media Center's event Designing Alternative Futures in partnership with The Conference.

Transcript

1. Looking to the Past to Design the Future JOHN RYAN, LOCAL PROJECTS @johndryan, @LocalProjects
4. Eisenhower E-Memorial 4
9. TOOLS CHAPTER I
11. The most significant step that ever was taken in human history, the thing that turns animal into man was making tools… — Louis Leakey, Paleontologist
13. Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum TOOL-MAKING
24. — Brett Victor
25. A tool addresses human needs by amplifying human capabilities. — Brett Victor, Designer
26. — Brett Victor
27. The goal was to make the technology invisible. — John Lasseter, Pixar
29. STORIES CHAPTER II
31. The Universe is made of stories, not of atoms. — Muriel Rukeyser, Poet
33. One World Observatory STORY-TELLING
36. MYTHS CHAPTER III
40. CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART Gallery One 2.0
41. CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART Gallery One 2.0
42. Target Open House MYTH-MAKING
43. The Internet of Things will be the largest device market in the world. The Internet of Things will be the largest device market in the world.
47. NATIONAL COMEDY CENTER 47 TARGET
48. MIRRORS CHAPTER IV
52. Cleveland Museum of Art MIRRORS & LENSES
54. SLIDE TITLE Slide Subtitle 54
59. PLAY CHAPTER V
61. I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. — Confucius
64. “That is the way to learn the most, that when you are doing something with such enjoyment that you don’t notice that the time passes.” — Einstein
65. New York Hall of Science PLAY & DISCOVERY
68. Make it as real as possible, as fast as possible. — Amit Pitaru, FiftyThree
74. A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals to discovery. — James Joyce
80. I. TOOLS II. STORIES III. MYTHS IV. MIRRORS V. PLAY
81. Thank You @johndryan, @localprojects john@localprojects.com localprojects.com