This presentation discusses how the design industry and education may change in the future due to COVID-19. It suggests that designers will need to collaborate more across disciplines and embrace new technologies. The presentation also provides examples of how designers have adapted during the pandemic, such as developing new ventilators and 3D printed face shields for hospitals. It argues that the future of design will be focused on sustainability, resilience, problem solving and having social impact.

1. Principal Designer ABDA STUDIO
AJAY BOGAPresentation by
The
Future
of
Design
Industry Perspective
& Academic shifts

2. How do businesses rebuild and shift ways of
working that increase productivity while
focusing on social impact?
Reframe education to support new models of
learning?
How to redesign public services that support
residents and communities to feel socially
connected, often during physical distance and
with volunteer staff?
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Questions to inspire action

3. Creative people are adapting and planning and innovating,
looking towards what could be versus just what might be, and
turning a bad situation into a learning point and a challenge to
make things better, even if that means doing it differently.
REPURPOSE . RECONFIGURE
RESILIENCE . ADAPTABILITY
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4. CURA is an open-source design developed by
a team of architects, engineers, doctors, and
military experts.
The CoVent ventilator being created by Dyson
and TTP, seen attached to a bed
Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) has dedicated its
Makerspace to the production of 3D printed
face shields.
Designed for healthcare workers and
quarantined patients, a flat-packed housing
startup for crisis and disaster response.
Foster + partners has launched a series of
activities that children can work on while at
home during the COVID-19 lockdown.
The idea is that the design’s monstrous form
would encourage people to stay away from the
wearer.
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Reinvent the supply chain
Integrate technology
Re-discover local crafts
Ethical buying
Build resources locally

6. Virtual Collaboration
Webinars
Online conferences
Meeting Apps - Zoom, Instagram
Free services - Adobe, Affinity
Digital certifications
Conference rooms designed for more space,
collaboration can become a combination of
both virtual + in-person, especially since
virtual collaboration is now a new normal.
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7. Technologies
In the new era of computational design,
computers as a tool will generate insights,
make creative leaps, decisions using massive
data sets - will fundamentally change the
designer’s role in the creative process.
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AR/VR
Cloud-based
Crowdsourcing
3D & 4D printing
AI/ Machine learning

8. Design thinking
The traits include having the ability to
empathize, so that they understand who
they are solving the problem for, and why
and how it benefits them. Framing and
articulating solutions come next, with the
ability to receive and synthesize feedback.
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Problem-solving
Radical brainstorming
Rapid prototyping
Testing and iterating
Sustainable solutions

9. Grassroot innovation
Public + private collaboration
Craftsmanship
Local to Global
Economy
Innovation driven
Government, crafts organisations and
designers need to come together and work
closely with the craftspeople, listen to their
voices, build on their strengths, think out of
the box.
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10. Design to Delivery
Cloud-based
Global supply chain
Sustainable
Employment
Sustainable practices
The design-to-delivery sourcing platform
that enables fashion and homeware
businesses to build faster, more efficient,
and more sustainable global supply chains.
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11. Designers will no longer hold a monopoly on being the most
“creative” people in the room. To stay competitive, more
designers will need additional knowledge and expertise to
contribute in multidisciplinary contexts, perhaps leading to
increasingly exotic specializations.
EVERYONE WILL BE A DESIGNER
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The designer’s role will be to act as the
“fusion” between art, engineering,
research, and science.

13. TheFutureofDesign-IndustryPerspective&AcademicshiftsAjayBoga
Start networking
Refine your portfolio
Be design thinkers - problem solvers
Socially engaged practice
Embrace this moment

14. DESIGN EDUCATION
Innovation begins within the intersection of fields, it is the ability
to weave together design and innovation, and two disciplines of
design. This uniquely designed education will ensure that our
students graduate with transferable skills, adapting to a rapidly
changing and unpredictable future workforce.
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15. TheFutureofDesign-IndustryPerspective&AcademicshiftsAjayBoga
After COVID-19, the design,
I wish to see or create will be
sustainable
impactful
resilient
meaningful
Questions?

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Let’s
build
a better
Future
Thank you
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