Parson's Design IV Presentation: Unexpected Narratives and Creating the Right Conditions

MICHAEL SURTEES
Parsons, Design IV
APRIL 14. 2010

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@ m i c h a e l S u rt e e s

@MICHAELSURTEES | UNEXPECTED NARRATIVES AND CREATING THE RIGHT CONDITIONS | APRIL 14. 2010 | http://designnotes.info/?cat=102

overview
1. The blog
2. Repeat, repeat, repeat
3. Agile


the
blog


why i blog


why I blog
I DO IT FOR MYSELF
There’s no huge growth goal to get a certain number of visits or comments. By doing it for myself it gives me a lot of
freedom to explore the things I want to. In turn I hope others enjoy the things I collect on DesignNotes. But if no one
ends up visiting, that’s ok b/c I wrote what I did because I wanted to.

I DO IT TO REMEMBER
You’re more likely to remember something if you’ve written about it. Now that I’m remembering all that stuff, I need to
figure out a way to apply that knowledge. (Suggestions welcome)

I DO IT TO KEEP MY MIND ACTIVE
Just like when I take photos to help me see, the same can be said about writing for my blog. If you’re actively thinking
about the world around you, it makes you better informed to make decisions.

I DO IT TO MEET LIKEMINDED PEOPLE
I can’t imagine where I would be if I hadn’t taken those first steps to post an idea. I’ve been very lucky that there have
been readers of DesignNotes that have turned into friends and it’s been a great resource to bounce ideas off of.

I DO IT BECAUSE I CAN
The fact that it is so insanely easy to be a publisher that only eight or ten years ago would have been impossible. The
overhead is extremely low… It’s important for me to explore all options for communication.


Design notes
content types
INTERVIEWS
Five to six conversations with a person I’m interested in knowing more about

BOOK REVIEWS
Attempting twelve a year, talking about design related books within the context of what I got out of them

EXPERIENCES
Commenting on everyday design experiences. Could be a response to an interaction, product or something
I’ve come across in a normal day.

LINK DROP
Sharing posts and sites that worth talking about on a weekly basis.

DESIGN WORK
Mentioning projects that that have gone live, talking about the process of how something came to be.


Design notes, the blog
http://designnotes.info


An interview with
John Gargiulo,
owner of Swich
in NYC


“
I always said on my 30th birthday if I
hadn’t yet taken a big risk in life and
started a company or something
big, I had to quit my job on that day
and figure something out fast. I guess I
got anxious because on my 26th birthday I walked into Cliff’s
office and retired from advertising. I developed a business plan,
found an investor, and a year and a half later in December of
last year, we opened our doors.

–JOHN GARGIULO


The Person behind
Nooka: an interview
with Matthew Waldman


Deborah Adler
ClearRx Interview


Alissia
Melka-Teichroew
Interview: designer,
founder of byAMT,
curator, and maker


QuadCamera and
ToyCamera Interview
with Takayuki
Fukatsu, creator
of iPhone Apps


A great conversation
with swissmiss


Look Both Ways
by Debbie Millman


I Miss My Pencil by
Martin Bone and
Kara Johnson


Banksy at work in NYC:
Broadway & Howard St.


My walking experience
with the AIGA NY
ALPHABET/CITY:
A WALKING TOUR WITH
TOBIAS FRERE-JONES


Thinking about
twitter feeding
facebook status


Lean Pocket
Info Fail


Confusing MTA
Subway Turnstiles


the Locksmith’s
Business Card


Flexing scale, marks
and other consistent
things that brands
could be


Talking Sticker


Little Brooklyn


repeat,
repeat,
repeat

Shooting the sky
everyday


36 days of New York
Sky: January 16th 2008
to February 20th 2008


New York City Colour
Study Timeline


New York City Colour
Study – Time when
photo was taken graph


Starting the
#walkingtoworktoday
photo project


Experimenting
with Fragmented
Medias while
#walkingtoworktoday


#walkingtoworktoday


unexpected narratives


My Link Drop Process


My Link Drop Process
· Save links to delicious
· Start placing links into wordpress Wednesday & Thursday
· Reorder links once I have 20–25
· Take screen grabs of sites
· Upload screen grabs to flickr
· Place photos into a post
· Start writing why I think the link is worth reading
· Collect themes on paper
· Upload diagram to flickr and include in post
· Mark all tags
· Publish


LINK DROP


LINK DROP themes


LINK DROP today
http://linkdroptoday.com


agile


Unknowns

“
There are known knowns. These
are things we know that we know.
There are known unknowns. That
is to say, there are things that
we now know we don’t know.
But there are also unknown un-
knowns. These are things we do
not know we don’t know.
–DONALD RUMSFELD
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unknown_unknown


Waterfall

A. Requirements
B. Design
C. Implementation
D. Testing
E. Maintenance

Agile

· Requirements and solutions evolve
through collaboration
· Frequent inspection and adaptation
· Tasks are broken into small parts
with minimal planning
· Emphasize face–t0–face communication
over written documents
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agile_software_development


Project road map*

*The route will change

team

Everyone share’s the same mental picture


different paths

Working in tandem

Moving forward

Circling back


Daylife


smart galleries


smart galleries
with designnotes


themes to consider

LEARNING THROUGH
EXPERIMENTATION

EXPERIMENTING WITH
TECHNOLOGY

REPETITION AND EDITING


Thank you


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