Why Are We Making This?

At the Institute of Design (ID) at Illinois Tech, we look at the world in new ways to create the change we hope to see in it.Since our founding by Bauhaus émigré László Moholy-Nagy in 1937, we’ve continually turned design into a powerful tool anyone can use to transform the systems that shape our lives—from cities, education, and finance to food, healthcare, and technology.We’re the only US design school devoted completely to graduate students, and the first to offer a PhD. Uniting science and rigor with creativity and rapid iteration, we’re recognized around the globe as pioneers in human-centered design, systems design, and other methods that apply design to the real world.It’s through these unique approaches that students, communities, and corporations learn to observe the systems they’re surrounded by—and envision the new worlds they can build from them.Here, learners and leaders discover what design makes possible. It enables us to adapt with the speed, scale, and complexity of life. To anticipate change and the impact of our actions. And, most importantly, to imagine—then create—brighter futures for us all.Learn more about ID atid.iit.edu.

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A  Zoom conversation with design leaders and academics Morgan Ames, Tope Sadiku, and Evan Sharp about what gets made, for whom, and why.

In this <a href="https://id.iit.edu/latham-lecture-series/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">annual event series</a>, ID Associate Professor <a href="https://id.iit.edu/people/ruth-schmidt/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Ruth Schmidt</a> will moderate a conversation with corporate design leaders and academics about what gets made, for whom, and why. Latham panelists <a href="https://morganya.org/index.html" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Morgan Ames</a>, author of The Charisma Machine; <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/temitope-sadiku-05836354/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Tope Sadiku</a>, Global Head of Digital Employee Experience for the Kraft Heinz Company; and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Sharp" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Evan Sharp</a>, co-founder of Pinterest, will discuss how designed solutions are conceived and greenlit—financially, conceptually, and tactically—and how this affects the roles we play as producers and consumers. Panelists will consider how our assumptions about innovation shape what “good” looks like in new products, experiences, and platforms, and the evolving role of technology in defining what is valued and accessible. Panelists: <ul><li><a href="https://morganya.org/index.html" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Morgan Ames</a> — Assistant Adjunct Professor for School of Information &amp; Associate Director of CSTMS, University of California, Berkeley; author, The Charisma Machine </li></ul><ul><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/temitope-sadiku-05836354/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Tope Sadiku</a> — Global Head of Digital Employee Experience, The Kraft Heinz Company</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Sharp" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Evan Sharp</a> — Co-Founder and Chief Design Officer, Pinterest</li></ul><a href="https://id.iit.edu/latham-lecture-series/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">More about the Latham series</a>. <a href="https://id.iit.edu/about/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">About IIT Institute of Design (ID)</a>IIT Institute of Design (ID) builds responsible, cooperative, intelligent futures. Founded by László Moholy-Nagy as The New Bauhaus in 1937, ID is known for pioneering human-centered design and systems design. Today ID is home to the only US design school devoted completely to graduate students. But ID is more than a graduate school. ID is an international community of learners and practitioners who are addressing the biggest issues of our time by eliciting a power unique to humans: creativity. Learn more about ID at <a href="http://id.iit.edu" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">id.iit.edu</a>.

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