Connecting the Dots

Industrial Design Department – CAD RIT

A week of workshops designed to address how we create the most impactful and meaningful solutions in our quest for tomorrow, today.


<h2>Background</h2><p>Throughout all of human history, Design has been at the core of creative innovations for the determination of life’s quality.  The discovery of fire, the invention of the wheel, the development of tools for hunting and planting, the building of shelters, and the formation of communal living, are the cornerstone of the shared experience of our existence.</p><p>As we determine of course in the ever-evolving “new norm”, Design is once again positioned center stage for the delivery of solutions that address the global needs of all people, as equal.</p><p>The tragedies of Covid-19 exposed a plethora of Design failures: inadequate supply chains for vital PPE, isolation of our most frail and vulnerable, food and housing insecurity, an unsustainable workplace environment, and a systematically unsafe community infrastructure.</p><p> </p><h2>Workshop Description</h2><p>Connecting the Dots will examine how the processes of Design integrate the goals of business, community, and governance in the delivery of empathic, holistic solutions for the highest quality of life, for all. The challenge at hand is creating the New Norm for every aspect of every day and for every life as we all move forward.</p><p>Facilitators and RIT-ID alumni will lead a week of workshops designed to address how we create the most impactful and meaningful solutions in our quest for tomorrow, today.</p><p></p><h2>Goals</h2><ul><li>To help people of all ages connect with themselves and the world around them.</li><li>To integrate empathy, visualization, and business throughout the design process.</li></ul><h2></h2><h2>Facilitators</h2><p>Pattie Moore ‘74 - President, MooreDesign - Design for All Ages</p><p>Joey Zeledon ‘06 - Head of Industrial Design, HP - Design and Wonder</p><p>Jeff Smith ‘93 - Cloud Adoption Specialist, Autodesk - Sketching &amp; CAD as Partners for Design Exploration</p><p>Paul Magee ‘93 - Director of ID, Crown Equipment - Design &amp; Business</p><p></p>

<h2></h2><h2>Agenda</h2><p></p><p>MONDAY | JAN 18, 10 AM –12 PM</p><h3><em>Pattie Moore, PhD &#x27;74 </em>| President at MooreDesign, 2019 National Design Award</h3><p>Patricia Moore is an internationally renowned gerontologist and designer, serving as a leading authority on consumer lifespan behaviors and requirements. For a period of three years, Dr. Moore traveled throughout the United States and Canada disguised as women more than eighty years of age. Moore was named by ID Magazine as one of The 40 Most Socially Conscious Designers in the world and was selected in 2000, by a consortium of news editors, as one of The 100 Most Important Women in America.  She received The National Design Award in 2019 and The Center for Health Design’s 2020 CHANGEMAKER Award.</p><p></p><p>Workshop | <em>Design For All: Creation of The New Norm Post-C19 </em></p><p>Creating for our comfort, providing for our existence, responding to the daily challenges that impact our lives, is a matter of design. There has never been a more exciting or vital time for the presence of design, and the need for “humanism” in design has never been more crucial to our future. By focusing our talents on the needs of each individual as equal, designers have given birth to a new order: “Inclusivity By Design.” This &quot;Design For All&quot; philosophic challenge doesn’t simply ask “Why?” but rather, “Why not?”.  </p><p>Each Workshop Participant will focus on their specific interest area and goals for utilizing an “inclusive design” methodology for the provision of exemplary solutions. The Group will share and evaluate the findings for ideation on Next Steps for Goal Realization. </p><p></p><p></p><p>TUESDAY | JAN 19, 10 AM –12 PM</p><h3><em>Joey Zeledón &#x27;06</em> | Head of Industrial Design at HP (Barcelona) and Principal Designer at Joey Zeledón Studio</h3><p>Joey Zeledón is an industrial designer. He believes that good design is like good music. It’s familiar, engaging and makes you feel. It’s something you want to play on repeat. Joey loves to play between the familiar and new, putting a spin on common archetypes with thoughtful combinations.</p><p>Having led successful design projects at industry stalwarts like HP, Steelcase, Smart Design, Continuum and Clarks, Joey’s experience is vast. Since graduating from RIT&#x27;s Industrial Design Program in 2006, he has been designing iconic products for both young and established brands that make food, furniture, housewares, lighting, spaces, shoes and tech.</p><p></p><p>Workshop | <em>Design with Wonder</em></p><p>Have you ever gotten stuck in ideation and wanted a fresh approach to generating new ideas? &quot;Design with Wonder&quot; is a workshop that will help you see things differently and find joy in experimentation.</p><p></p><p></p><p>WEDNESDAY | JAN 20, 10 AM –12 PM</p><h3><em>Jeff Smith &#x27;93</em> | Cloud Adoption Specialist at Autodesk</h3><p>Jeff Smith, IDSA, is an industrial designer and Cloud Adoption Specialist at Autodesk. Jeff has a rich product design and development history, and prior to Joining Autodesk, he worked for more than 20 years as design director of Reflex Design, Inc. A FL based consulting group serving a range of domestic and international clients. The diversity of products included Fitness Equipment, Medical, Industrial, Consumer and Kitchen products. Jeff also spent eight years as adjunct faculty at the Art Institute of Ft. Lauderdale. While there, Jeff taught Solidworks, Sketching, Product Design, Personal Watercraft Design and Design for manufacturing.  Lastly, but most important, RIT class of 1993.</p><p></p><p>Workshop | <em>Sketching and CAD as Partners for Design Exploration</em></p><p>We will be exploring the symbiotic relationship between Sketching and CAD.  Come learn how these two skill sets can complement and enhance each other.  Both are essential in concept development.  How can you leverage the faster side of each to generate concepts?  We will help speed you up.  Sometimes, it is about elevating ideas.  Sometimes it is about removing ideas that will not work in a faster method. </p><p></p><p></p><p>THURSDAY | JAN 21, 10 AM –12 PM</p><h3><em>Paul Magee &#x27;93</em> | Director of Industrial Design at Crown Equipment Americas</h3><p>Paul has a proven history of successfully leading innovative human-centric design teams in varying companies and cultures. His experience ranges from working cross-functionally to develop a design-aware culture where one didn’t exist, to refining the reach, methods, and focus of a well-established design team in transition. He holds 90 patents, and his teams have won hundreds of International Design awards for their thoughtful, well-executed designs.</p><p> </p><p>Workshop | <em>The Business of Design</em></p><p>Knowing how to design a thoughtful product or experience is crucial, but is it enough? In this session, we will explore other factors that influence the decisions about which ideas will be made into reality, and which won’t.</p><p></p><p></p><p>FRIDAY | JAN 22, 10 AM –12 PM</p><h3>Panel Discussion</h3><p> Topic: Q&amp;A with all facilitators</p><p></p><p></p>

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