Humanitarian Design

www.GOOD.IS has posted a clip from The Colbert Report that features Emily Pilloton, the author of Design Revolution... http://www.good.is/post/emily-pilloton-on-colbert.

"Humanitarian design is really about taking design as a creative process, which is really about problem-solving, and putting it to work on some of the biggest social issues that we are facing today," states Emily.

Colbert demonstrates life-saving foot gear designed for military troops to walk in areas with landmines with their weight elevated and evenly distributed to disburse the effects of an explosion. He also wears amazing glasses that... well just go to the link above to see these extremely innovative designs that have an extraordinarily positive impact on specific communities whether they are in remote areas of the world or in a war zone.

GOOD.IS free-lance writer, Alissa Walker, is the moderator for the panel discussion, "How Design and Information Have the Power to Transform Business Solutions" on Thursday, February 5 from 2:30-3:00p. Panelists are Ravi Adapathya, Global Design, GE Healthcare; Kath Straub, Principal, Usability.org; and Laura Guido-Clark, Product Designer, HP Imagineered Workspace.

Remember, if you are a member of or affiliated with any of the following "Summit PromoPartners," you can register for $295 instead of the current $495 conference fee.... FPRA (Florida Public Relations Association), Ad Fed of the Suncoast, YPG/Sarasota Chamber, Sarasota Convention & Visitors Bureau, GravityFree and North Florida PRSA (Public Relations Society of North America)! Deadline to register at this special rate is January 29. There are only a few seats left!

Summit Shout Out on What an Experience!

Thank you Dave for the terrific write up of the upcoming Summit on your blog.

Every year, the conference picks a unique theme that all of the sessions touch on in some way or another. For folks working with creative technology... this is the year to shine.

We are all looking forward to your keynote! See you there.

An Oh-so-cool Fractal Table

As blogged on MoCo Loco,

The Fractal Table is a table developed by Platform Wertel Oberfell and Matthias Bär for Materialise.MGX. It's based on fractal growth patterns - their studies on these patterns show treelike stems growing into smaller branches and getting increasingly dense at the top. Translating this fractal growth into furniture can only be done by way of rapid prototyping.

h/t Timo Arnall

Sustainability Succeeds - Speaker Series with Hussain Ali-Khan

Hussain Ali-Kahn and team deliver a presentation on their project...THE NEW YORK TIMES BUILDING: Delivering Transparency...Living with Light.

The 2006 lecture series organized by Skyscrapper Museum in NYC created

"Eight evenings of presentations and panel discussions brought together 30 leading professionals in the green building movement, including developers, architects, engineers, environmental consultants, and government officials. Highlighting the creative collaboration among clients and designers, each program explored a major tower project or architectural practice, public policy issues and questions for the future."

The Greenteams responsible for the development of sustainable and green building strategies for skyscrappers were invited to discuss 'How sustainable works for business'.

Definitely thought provoking.

Video of the Week

Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us

Timo Arnall's Eclectic Blog

Beyond interactive products and ubiquitous computing, Timo Arnall generously shares resources, materials from leading thinkers in academics and the field. His blog ...delicious bookmarks..

An interesting chart on the nature of emotions from a recent post -

Matt Jones of Dopplr speaking at Mx 2008

A preview of Matt Jones' thinking on 'service-oriented' experience from his recent presentation at Mx 2008...well worth the watch.

MX2008 Matt Jones from Adaptive Path on Vimeo.

Tom Wujec - AutoDesk Multitouch Wall

Tom Wujec, TEDster and 2007 Summit speaker + graphic visualizer, demos the amazing Auto Desk Multitouch wall. As followers say...sweet!



A recap of Tom's visuals of 2007 Summit sessions - really conveys the experience.

Putting the Relations back in Public Relations by Ed Schipul

If you are reading this..here...you are part of his 'case study'!

A visually compelling presentation by Ed Schipul...a bit of a preview of Ed's topic at the Summit...

Strategic PR with Social Media

View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: barcamp media)

Chris Bernard's Design Thinking Blog

Chris Bernard of Microsoft, SIDS speaker, has an insightful blog....definitely worth adding to your Netvibes. His recent post on the the Bejing Olympics broadcast "Why Television Will Never Be the Same" translates tech + theory into reality.

The Summit folks are delighted he will participate in the October event.

http://www.typepad.com/t/trackback/513222/32031676

Google, Adobe, & Microsoft UI Visionaries to Speak at Summit

Top user-experience technology designers from Google, Adobe, Microsoft and others will discuss our new hyper-connected world and how the proliferation of online video and new visual, social, and mobile media is shifting power to consumers.

Summit organizers have confirmed the addition of Charles Warren of Google, Chris Bernard of Microsoft and Ryan Stewart of Adobe to an outstanding lineup of speakers. Full list of speakers and bios is available on the Sarasota Design Summit 2008 site.

Those interested in attending can coordinate plans in the Summit's Upcoming listing