OiD Events
Student Work Expo; Shanghai
The OiD and School of Design showcased student work at the Cumulus 2010 Shanghai Conference in September. Thousands of people viewed the exhibit. The focus this year was to learn from a new generation of designers on how to creatively improve on the enviroment through new design.
The expo featured many of the Otago Polytechnic designers. Visit the Cumulus website for more information on this association of international univeristies.
Forum: Developing Products to Deliver Value - Using Robust Design Processes
In conjunction with the Otago Institute of Design, Jonathan Prince from Motovated Design & Analysis presented a free seminar on Developing Products to Deliver Value - to both you and your customer.
This seminar demonstrated ways to improve innovation, decrease development spending and increase return on investment using proven design systems. It provided insights into how to enhance your product development process in the following 4 key areas:
- Generating Innovative/ Engineering solutions
- Decreasing Time to Market
- Reducing Development Cost
- Improving Product Quality
Presenter: Jonathan Prince
Business Development Manager for Motovated Design & Analysis, Jonathan has a highly successful track record of delivering sustainable, breakthrough products for some of New Zealand's leading design houses such as Formway Furniture Ltd., Tait Electronics Ltd., Right Hemisphere and InFact Ltd.
Jonathan's knowledge comes from his strong engineering background, exposure to several design processes and broad experience in taking kiwi designed products to the international market.
Nathan Shedroff: DINZ Designer Breakfast
Nathan Shedroff - of Meet Nathan.com, Interaction and Experience designer.
Chair of MBA in Design Strategy at California College of the Arts, San Francisco.
Nathan Shedroff is the chair of the ground-breaking MBA in Design Strategy at California College of the Arts (CCA) in San Francisco, CA. This program prepares next-generation leaders with a vision of business as sustainable, meaningful, ethical, profitable, and truly innovative. The program unites the perspectives of systems thinking, integrative thinking, sustainability, and new tools for leadership into a holistic framework.
He is a pioneer in Experience Design, Interaction Design and Information Design, speaks and teaches internationally, and is a serial entrepreneur. His many books include: Experience Design 1.1, Making Meaning, Design is the Problem, and the upcoming Make It So.
For more about Nathan visit: http://www.nathan.com or visit the DINZ website: http://www.dinz.org.nz/
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