Iain Roberts presentation at The D Conference on"Creating the Now and Navigating the Future of Design."

1. DESIGN NOW.
DESIGN NEXT.

2. DESIGN ISN’T COMPLICATED.

6. DESIGN ISN’T COMPLICATED.

7. 1. GET INSPIRED.

11. 2. BUILD THINGS.

16. 3. SHARE THEM
WITH PEOPLE.

21. 1. GET INSPIRED. 2. BUILD THINGS.
3. SHARE THEM WITH PEOPLE.

22. 1. GET INSPIRED. 2. BUILD THINGS.
4. ITERATE.
3. SHARE THEM WITH PEOPLE.

23. DESIGN IS A PROCESS FOR
LEARNING.

24. “3264 prototypes.
3263 failures. It’s the
failures that you learn
from.”

25. “Enlightened trial and
error will always
outperform the planning
of flawless intellect.”

26. THE WORLD IS
CHANGING FAST.

27. WE’RE IN THE MIDST OF A
HARDWARE REVOLUTION.

31. DATA IS A SOURCE FOR
ANALYTICS & INSPIRATION.

35. BIOMIMICRY & BIOSCIENCES
ARE THE NEXT FRONTIER.

36. ENDURANCE Natural systems can
Efficiency or Resilience
be resilient or efficient, N
C
E
A
but not both... D
U
R
EN
Efficiency is about Native prairie is resilient:
its diverse grasses
expending minimal energy. hydrate the soil at dif-
Resilience is about main- ferent levels sustaining
taining function despite it through unpredictable
conditions. The Yucca
disturbance; diversity, moth and Yucca tree
redundancy and have co-evolved to be
decentralization are key. efficient— the moth
lays eggs in the tree’s
flowers, pollinating
them in the process—
but without one, the
other will die.
YOU MIGHT ASK flexible strategy
Should we assume stable or A beverage company,
unpredictable conditions? anticipating that
manufacturing systems
Might our system benefit from will need to cope readily
decentralization, diversity, and with unpredictable
redundancy to increase resilience? material sources and
markets, revised their
strategy towards design
for resilience, rather
+ BIOMIMICRY 3.8 than efficiency.

38. 1. GET INSPIRED. 2. BUILD THINGS.
4. ITERATE.
3. SHARE THEM WITH PEOPLE.

39. “you can’t delegate the learning.” Charles Eames C.1960.