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A Design Led Approach to Everyday Living

The power of design isn’t reserved for the creatives of the world. In fact, most of us can apply Design Thinking and Human-Centred Design Principles to our everyday lives. From the mundane to the extraordinary, design is a core skill set that can enrich our personal and professional lives.

A Design Led Approach to Everyday Living aims to take a fresh approach to identifying the power and utility of Service Design and invites User Experience and Service Designers to share their real-world examples. From having a baby, to buying a house or finding your dream job, these case studies will illustrate how techniques of Human-Centred Design can help navigate life’s everyday challenges.

You might be wondering how design skills such as journey mapping, blueprinting, assumption testing, iteration, and prototyping can be applied to those of you who don’t have a design background. Well, you’ll get your chance to ask our panellists any questions you might have once they’ve finished presenting their case studies.

This panel is a must for those looking to understand how the power of Design Thinking can influence all aspects of our everyday lives.

Key event takeaways

Explanation of key Design Thinking principles and techniques
Case studies of how design can be applied to everyday life accompanied by slides, images, and other assets
How you can use Human-Centred Design to enrich your everyday life
Lastly, an opportunity for the audience to ask panellists their questions

Panelists include:

Matt Kurowski:

Matt will be speaking about how he uses tools and techniques from his service design practice to manage the many amazingly complicated variables of starting a family with his partner.
Emmy-Lou and Ben Hamley:
Emmy-Lou and Ben will share how they adapted the tools and techniques of strategy design to their family, to design a family charter. They will also share insights into the potential uses for design in personal and family settings, and what opportunities might exist to expand our understanding of what ‘human-centred’ design really is.

RSVP on the Academy Xi website: http://bit.ly/2k87wtF

When

24th January 2018 06:00 pm
To 24th January 2018 08:00 pm

Where

Academy Xi
66-68 Devonshire St
Surry Hils 2010