The document discusses the importance of design and provides examples from Wales. It examines what design is, why it is important, how designers work, and examples of designing, making, and remaking in Wales. The key points are that design is about understanding people, prototyping ideas, and using imagination to solve problems. Designers follow a structured process that involves understanding needs, observing interactions, testing ideas, and remaking designs to improve them.

1. Simon O’Rafferty

4. make ecodesign happen

5. what is design?
how do we design?
why is design important?
examples from Wales

6. what is design?

12. source: Design Council

19. what is design important?

20. source:
philips

21. source:
DIY
Kyoto

25. waste = bad design

32. what are designers good at?

33. understanding people
prototyping
opening up imagination / what if?
optimism

34. how do you design?

36. source:
www.co-­‐d.net

53. “why do we do it that way?”
structured process
imaginative / creative
understand users
observe interaction
understand materials / components
prototyping
testing

54. what is your design process?

65. designed, made and remade in Wales.