WEEK 5

LECTURER - DION TUCKWELL / ROWAN PAGE

Program Director

Research Content - Making an Impact - Connectedness

Industrial - making - prototyping

Clinical needs - capturing data, interacting with humans

Cochlear implant - Integration is key

SPECULATIVE - QUESTIONS - ENGAGING - TECHNOLOGY

Self Initiated Project

Useful? Meaningful? What can use AI? Implementation?

Conversation starter...

Describe Function - Stylistic Choices - Function

Camera - Design process - Fundamental skills

Research - Interconnectivity - Speculative

Sarah D'Slyva

Global practice - Hyloh (2017) - sustainability, efficiency, materials

ethos - materials - measurement - design - communication

process = knowledge

When materials are considered creatively, they have the power to inspire and inform design that is thoughtful, purposeful, and efficient.

There are No sustainable materials

You cannot manage what you do not measure

Lifecycle Consideration - Impact Indicators

LCA Results - HR Elements

Circularity - Revolutionary - Translate into practice

GenFrame: An Interactive Picture Frame Painting the Portrait of Any Girl (2024)
Peter Kun, Matthias Frieberger, Sebastian Risi, Anders Sundes Lovlie

LINK TO WORK

INITIAL NOTES

GenFrame - mimic traditional paintings - as an interactive picture

What is the role of traditional art? and how will that affect AI?

permanence of traditional art - anchor through history of humankind

on demand possibility of generative AI

“It’s hard to distinguish between AI-generated art and traditional art, especially if it’s framed similarly. For example if it’s printed and wouldn’t be on a screen. However, I feel that traditional art carries real emotions from the artist.”

COMMUNAL CONNECTION  - "more collective" process

lack of emotion with AI use - no narrative

PUTTING THEORY TO ACTUALISATION

AI is a powerful tool that should be implemented with caution. While this technology replicates artistry, it mimics physical paintings previously made. AI Art lacks the physicality of real art and the time and progression by the artist...

There are No Sustainable Materials. (2020)
Hyloh

LINK TO TEXT

INITIAL NOTES

Materials = people = many shapes and sizes / diversity

adapting our environmental impact or footprint

We live in a consuming world...
"conclusions should never be drawn based on prejudices."

circular thinking  - regenerative - restorative cycle of design

PUTTING THEORY TO ACTUALISATION

This title does reflect reality as a product designer. No matter how sustainable a product is perceived to be - there is often mass production that follows... so the product frequently leads to pollution regardless of what sustainable practice is used.

Transparency Is The New Green (2020)
Hyloh

LINK TO TEXT

INITIAL NOTES

Greenwashing - false / misleading info about how environmentally friendly or impactful products/ services

COMPLEX ISSUE

Being 'realistic and sincere', transparent - openly conveying to consumers toward positive change

We need to become environmentally responsive, rather than live a lie and falsify actions

PUTTING THEORY TO ACTUALISATION

In designing a product or service, one should be open and honest about their production and distribution. They should emphasise the positive changes to the environment, to do better for their brand and the world overall.