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Watch Tim Brown urge designers to think big at TED
Tim Brown says the design profession is preoccupied with creating nifty, fashionable objects -- even as pressing questions like clean water access show it has a bigger role to play. He calls for a shift to local, collaborative, participatory "design thinking." [...]
Posted in design, innovation Also tagged Amazon, collaboration, Collaborative Projects, David Kelley, design, design thinking, designer, food, food conglomerates, high tech, high tech startups, Ideo, innovation, Labor, media, player, poster, Prada, Prototype, tech startups, technology, TED conference, Tim Brown Leave a comment
Watch Thom Mayne’s “Architecture as Connection” talk at TED
Architect Thom Mayne has never been one to take the easy option, and this whistle-stop tour of the buildings he's created makes you glad for it. These are big ideas cast in material form [...]
Health in China: obese babies spark health concerns later in life
The proportion of heavy babies at birth has doubled in the past decade in Shanghai, raising concerns more people may suffer obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases in adulthood [...]
Posted in China, economics, trends Also tagged cardiovascular diseases, Duan Tao, economics, Health Checks, health services, Living In Shanghai, Nutrition, Nutrition and pregnancy, obesity, Pregnancy, Shanghai, Social Issues 1 Comment
David Kelley’s “The future of design is human-centered” talk at TED
IDEO’s David Kelley says that product design has become much less about the hardware and more about the user experience. He shows video of this new, broader approach, including footage from the Prada store in New York [...]
Posted in design, innovation Also tagged California, Chairman, Creative Process, David Kelley, designer, electrical engineer, food, food conglomerates, high tech, high tech startups, Ideo, New York, Palo Alto, Prada, Stanford University, TED conference Leave a comment
Tim Brown’s “The powerful link between creativity and play” talk at TED
At the 2008 Serious Play conference, designer Tim Brown talks about the powerful relationship between creative thinking and play -- with many examples you can try at home (and one that maybe you shouldn't) [...]
Posted in design, innovation Also tagged Creative Process, Creativity, David Kelley, designer, food, food conglomerates, Game Players, high tech, high tech startups, Ideo, Prada, TED conference, Tim Brown 2 Comments
Chinglish: English standards to be issued for Shanghai Expo 2010
The Shanghai English Language Usage Standards will be issued soon to improve English-language signs and services before the 2010 World Expo, the Shanghai Language Work Committee said recently.
Posted in China Also tagged public transport, restaurants, Shanghai, Shanghai Daily, Shanghai World Expo, tourism 2 Comments
Living in China: Cabinet passes new medical reform plan
The Chinese State Council, or Cabinet, passed a long awaited medical reform plan which promised to spend 850 billion yuan (123 billion U.S. dollars) by 2011 to provide universal medical service to the country's 1.3 billion population. The plan was studied and passed at a recent executive meeting of the Chinese State Council chaired by The Chinese premier Wen Jiabao, and has been deliberated by authorities since 2006...
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Living in China: at the wake of Shanghai World Expo, lack of services in English still a challenge