Be A Green Designer Paul Thurston

How can emerging artists & designers get involved & make a difference? www.flickr.com/photos/scoobyfoo

Design: ,[object Object],[object Object],Discover & Insight Prototype & Test Deliver & Implement The process End Product

Why is design good for doing good?

For the same reason it’s good for doing lots of other things… ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

But what can I do as a recent graduate? Well, there are 2 broad areas to think about: design doing & design thinking

“ Where you innovate, how you innovate and what you innovate are all design problems” - Tim Brown, IDEO

Using a design process to create products, services and experiences that are designed around the user Design doing is:

[object Object],[object Object],Design thinking is:

In 2010 designing for good tends to be more focused on the design thinking side of life.

The Good Measure TM Design doing Design thinking Level of good (impact)

Talk to other people like you

A little bit about service design

How do services involve users? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Some areas to work in Connecting people to government Creativity in organisations Engaging people in design & art

[object Object],Government Connecting people to government

[object Object],The NHS Creativity in organisations

[object Object],Your Local Community Engaging people in design & art

But, before you graduate…think about what you really want to do (if you don’t know then try it)

Meet lots of people before you graduate and think of networking as a design challenge “ How might I…”

Setting up on your own? Build case studies, not a portfolio

Getting a job? Get the skills that industry requires ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Find the thing that you really believe in and follow it. @p_thurston | www.paulthurston.co.uk

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