PDF slides with notes here (SlideShare functionality not working): http://newkind.com/wp-content/uploads/MM_designyearOL_01_0118_notes.pdf You design every day on projects for other people. Applying rigor and creativity, form and strategy. But what if you focused these abilities to achieve goals of your own? What if you took on 2013 as your own design experiment? Making a year is the ultimate design project, and now is the time to start. Holidays are a time to reflect. The New Year is a new beginning. A fresh start creates a space for action. Intentional action. It's what we do for clients isn't it? Step 1: Define and discover. Step 2: Design. What do you want to accomplish next year as a designer? In this talk I'll share some ideas and strategies you can use to tackle the project of designing 12 months. What will spark monthly action? What are the necessary catalysts — ideas, people, information — to reach your outcomes? Along the way I'll share how swimming, biking, and running 140.6 miles at one time is a catalyst for planning. How peace of mind is a catalyst for new ideas. And ultimately, how you can be a catalyst for understanding, for collaboration, and for social good.

1. Designing
A Year
matthew muñoz
@matthewmunoz

2. I work at
New Kind

6. Tom Rabon Elizabeth Hipps
Chairman & Partner Director of Operations
David Burney
Nation Hahn
CEO & Partner
Director of Engagement
Chris Grams Amber Howard, Ph.D
President & Partner Director of Research
and Education
Matthew Muñoz Elizabeth Atkins
Chief Design Officer Relationship Manager
& Partner
Jonathan Opp Dave Mason
Director of Poetics Director of Community
Dynamics

7. State of
Affairs

8. Do we continue to
MAKE BY DEFAULT?

9. Do we continue to
MAKE BY DEFAULT
OR
Do we
FORM WITH INTENT?

10. FORM WITH INTENT
(EVERYTHING)

11. 140.6

12. 30°s / WINDY / WATER 60°s
SOURCE http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d25/Tramps2/B2Bstart.jpg

13. SOURCE: HTTP://I32.PHOTOBUCKET.COM/ALBUMS/D25/TRAMPS2/B2BSTART.JPG
SOURCE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AiCIZ9wM1o

14. SOURCE http://cirrusaircraftphoto.blogspot.com/2013/01/trolley-beach-beach-battleship-dark.html

15. STEADY 15-20 MPH HEADWINDS
GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH

17. THIS WAS THE
YEAR OF PURSUIT
2011

18. Year of
Action
2009

19. Designing Conditions
for
Democracy
Matthew Muñoz
Department of Graphic Design College of Design
North Carolina State University
5 may 2008
Submitted in partial fulfillment for the degree of
Master of Graphic Design
2006–2008

25. I’M READY TO ACT

26. NEW KIND 0.0

27. NEW KIND 1.0

28. NEW KIND 2.0

29. NEW KIND 3.0 New Kind

30. BELIEF
I’m ready to act.
NAME
YEAR OF ACTION
IMPACT
My friends and I started
New Kind.
2009

31. Year of
Fitness
2010

32. BEING A DESIGNER MAKES
ME A BETTER HUMAN

33. BEING A DESIGNER MAKES
ME A BETTER HUMAN
COULD
Being a better human
make me a better designer?

34. FITNESS IN ALL THINGS

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36. Moose
Coach
PHYSICAL FITNESS

37. Daily (mon–fri) nutrition plan
STAGE TIME ROUTINE FOOD CALORIE RATIO CARBOHYDRATE PROTEIN F
CALORIES CALORIES C
I Prefuel 430 – Snack Dates/dried egg white/coconut oil 4c:1p:2f 144 28 6
5 am 36g 7g 7
II Exercise 5– Sports drink Thrive/Maffetone recipes 4:1 240 60 0
7 am 60g 15g 0
III Immediate 7– Recovery drink Thrive recipes 5:1 450 90 0
recovery 730 am 113g 23g 0
Paleo for endurance athletes / Thrive /
IV Short-term 730 – Breakfast Maffetone recipes (or food based on 5:1:1 225 45 4
these principles)
recovery 9 am 56g 11g 4
Paleo for endurance athletes / Thrive /
V Long-term 1015 – 1045 am Snack Maffetone recipes (or food based on
these principles)
recovery 1145 – 1245 pm Lunch Same
3 – 4 pm Snack Same
6 – 7 pm Dinner Same
830 – 9 pm Snack Same
291 317 7
73g 79g 7
9 feedings 1,350 540 8
NUTRITIONAL FITNESS
338g 135g 9
Misc info Carbohydrates: 1 gram = 4 calories
Protein: 1 gram = 4 calories

38. TIME MGMT FITNESS

39. Retirement savings
Long-term savings
Short-term savings
Committed expenses
$ AUTOMATICALLY
Fun money
Debt
Taxes
FINANCIAL FITNESS

41. DID STREAMLINING AREAS
OF MY LIFE MAKE ME A
BETTER HUMAN?

42. YES.

43. BELIEF
I can be more efficient.
NAME
YEAR OF FITNESS
IMPACT
Control and efficiency brings
peace of mind.
2010

44. Year of
Pursuit
2011

45. WITH A BEAUTIFUL MACHINE...

47. BELIEF
I’m ready to be ambitious.
NAME
YEAR OF PURSUIT
IMPACT
Do I want to organize my life
around chasing things?
2011

48. Year of
Emergence
2012–2013

49. IDEAS ARE EASY.

50. IDEAS ARE EASY.
GROWING THEM TO MATURITY
IS THE HARD PART.

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GROWING CONDITIONS
ADAPTED FROM Jim Loehr & Tony Schwartz, The Power of Full Engagement

52. PRINCIPLE #1
SOURCE Tony Brock, Personal email

53. PRINCIPLE #2
A FLEXED MUSCLE HAS
NO STRENGTH
SOURCE http://lindajoycecontemplates.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/mp900385807-brain.jpg

54. PRINCIPLE #3
GIVE YOUR SUBCONCIOUS
TIME TO WORK
SOURCE http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/emotions/images/1b111.jpg

55. PRINCIPLE #4
WORK IN 2-HOUR TOURS

56. BELIEF
I can grow opportunities.
NAME
YEAR OF EMERGENCE
IMPACT
I have more space for
possibility.
2012–2013

57. Year of
__________
2013

58. TAKE THE FIRST STEP

59. BELIEF
What’s your belief?
NAME
YEAR OF __________ ?
IMPACT
What impact do you want?
ACTION
What steps will you take?
2013

60. BELIEF
1 What areas are limiting you?
Or, what opportunities do you see ahead?
2 What would help you get there?
3 Create a sentence capturing your belief.

61. BELIEF
I believe that...
NAME
YEAR OF __________ ?
2013

62. NAME
4 What word or pithy phrase will
summarize what you’re trying to do?

63. BELIEF
I believe that...
NAME
YEAR OF __________
IMPACT
What impact do you want?
2013

64. IMPACT
5 Imagine yourself 12 months from now.
You’re talking to a close friend.
What did you achieve?

65. BELIEF
I believe that...
NAME
YEAR OF __________
IMPACT
I will make _______ impact.
ACTION
What steps will you take?
2013

66. ACTION
6 What actions will support your belief ?

67. TRAIN YOUR LIMITERS

68. ACTION
6 What actions will support your belief ?
Action #1:
Action #2:
Action #3:

69. SOURCE Teresa Amabile, The Progress Principle
REMEMBER THE
PROGRESS PRINCIPLE

70. ACTION
7 Name the next 3 months.
2013, YEAR OF________
Jan Feb Mar
MONTH MONTH MONTH
OF OF OF
______ ______ ______

71. SOURCE Amber Howard, Feed Forward Research
USE PRIMERS

73. EVERY DAY HAS A PURPOSE

74. BELIEF
I believe that...
NAME
YEAR OF __________
IMPACT
I will make _______ impact.
ACTION
I will take _______ steps.
2013

75. Year of
__________
2013

76. FORM WITH INTENT