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Yang Liu, the head of the Department of Design Communications at the Berlin Technical Art University published a book that illustrates cultural differences between East and West in a humorous and visual way. These simple insights underscore the many different ways that parameters are affected due to cultural context.
Retrieved from: https://digitalsynopsis.com/design/east-meets-west-cultural-differences-illustrations/
Visual diary #3 | Cervelo P-Series
There are dozens of bike manufacturers all vying for attention by offering new color schemes, updated drivetrains, and excellent brakes. I consider Cervelo cycles to be the one company that prioritizes the rider’s experience and comfort above all else.
Cervelo’s attention to detail and user-focused engineering approach redefined the entire cycling industry and forced other manufacturers to question what their focus should be.
Unlike their competitors, Cervelo doesn’t have dozens of different bike models. Instead, they focus their efforts on addressing the specific needs of everyday riders by ensuring their entire line-up can be easily reconfigured and adjusted to fit all body types. By having fewer models that are more flexible, Cervelo can then focus their efforts on constantly researching and improving their line-up.
There is no better example of how disruptive this shift has been than their P-Series triathlon bikes. Cervelo introduced the P-Series by setting out to better understand how riders used these bikes. Before the P-Series, most riders used road-specific bikes and added aero-bars to make them more aerodynamic. This approach didn’t address or seek to understand how the bike geometry could better support riders in this new position on long rides.
Instead of taking this approach, Cervelo designed an all new bike geometry that better positioned riders for long races. This new geometry was achieved after studying cyclists in wind tunnels and measuring their heart rate, lactic acid build-up, and overall body stress in different positions.
Cervelo’s P-Series combines a human-centered approach to its geometry with top of the line specs to deliver bikes that are ridden by elite professionals and weekend warriors. A fantastic example of their design leadership is seeing how many age-group (everyday athletes) triathletes and professionals alike use the same bike during races.
Visual Diary #6 | Design Leadership Tools
I’ve been seeing a ton of advertising for this lately and it makes me interested to see how good it could be for workflow and projects. While there are other similar platforms, I’ve just been curious if this one is as good as they say it is. We use basecamp where I work, and while it’s fine, I think it lacks in giving an overall picture of where you’re at with projects - individually and as a team. If monday.com can do this then I think it would be worth a try!
I definitely like the design, it’s bold in color but clean cut and simple overall. Not sure how easy the navigation is, but from the research I’ve done it seems simple as well. This is a tangible design leadership tool that I hope to try, but I also think there is going to be a variety of pms and workflow platforms like this in the near future to try as well. Regardless, I think the design is great and I can definitely see the benefit of having such a seamless way to monitor and stay on top of work and projects–it’s something we can always get better at!
Keller Rinaudo wants everyone on earth to have access to basic health care, no matter how hard it is to reach them. With his start-up Zipline, he has created...
Zipline is using autonomous drones to deliver blood and other medical supplies to remote locations in Africa!
Stigma Around Mental Health
I suffer from anxiety and depression and I have heard all of the examples above. Would someone treat a physical illness like that? Well no, it would be ridiculous. So why do we treat mental health like this?
I truly believe that people have a hard time understanding mental illness because it is not visible to the naked eye. Health professionals go off of who someone “feels” and when someone doesn't believe how you are feeling, it can make you feel like you are the issue when you really just want help. I think that this wicked problem deserves more than an article in Forbes, although it is a good one. It deserves time, the design thinking process, and one day...a solution.
For Visual Diary #4, another service that helps the disabled are the inclusive playgrounds that Singapore has been establishing around their country. From a TedTalk on May 24th, 2018, "To design better tech, understand context (TEDGlobal2017),” it was emphasized that as designers, we need to engage ourselves and immerse ourselves in the environment of those in the audience in order to really understand what they need, and those who designed this playground and work with these kids have done so to understand how to make such a playground exist and work for these kids to use and play with. Additionally, in Nelson and Stolterman’s book, “The Design Way : Intentional Change in an Unpredictable World - Foundations and Fundamentals of Design Competence,” it states how “design ideally is about service on behalf of the other -- not merely about changing someone's behavior for their own good or convincing them to buy products and services” (page 41). I think this inclusive playground does a great job painting how the designer built this service on behalf of these disabled kids and now allows them to develop equal relationships with other kids and those who help them through such platform.
Visual Diary # 7
I saw this image a while back while shopping online at Target! When i saw this i immediately thought of this class and i just hadn’t been able to fit it into any of the prompts we’ve had! So since this week is a free for all topic, i felt it was the perfect time to share this photo! I LOVE THIS! Target has gotten a lot of attention for its children’s clothing line that is all inclusive for people with disabilities but i feel like i haven’t heard anything about the same for adults. But hello look at this beautiful model for target! I love that target is so inclusive by just using this one model! She is Africa America, plus size, and has the cutest artificial leg i have ever seen! This is some major design leadership shown by target and whatever model angency this woman is signed with! The world needs more of this type of body positivity!
Im recovering from a mild cold, so I walked past this and got a squirt to de-Rhino my hands. Then I realized that I didnt have to bend over, and merely slowed down instead of stopping. This thing was made for passerbys. I use these things all the time but this class actually forced me to think of the human-centered design process that went into it. What was the original design problem? Reducing germ transfer at high traffic areas? It's fun to predict the original design problems for solutions I can see and use!
