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Why do I want to be a designer?
As a kid, i was upset learning about climate change, but I remember being truly devastated about the impacts already happening to polar bears—specifically. I couldn’t accept their potential extinction, let alone within my lifetime.
It wasn’t until studying Industrial Design that I was able to illustrate the connections between climate change, pollution, and even helping people, simultaneously. My work as a professional designer has and will be to bring the circular economy to life.
Before it’s too late, I hope to be part of developing the necessary systems for future generations to design more responsibly, for all species—but especially the polar bears.
How do I think? (click to expand images)
Reading Thinking In Systems in 2018 profoundly influenced my approach to understanding problems, prioritizing research paths, and expanding solutions' potential scope.
Understanding problems relies heavily on a comprehensive awareness of all the elements and their relationships happening within a system. In the first figure (left), our team needed to understand the ways guests manipulate scents inside their home. Visualizing the category illustrated how products fit into four distinct functionalities, but also revealed that products we hadn't considered before may belong in this genre.
Prioritizing research paths is how I explore what new horizons a solution can move towards. The second image is an attempt at cataloging material alternatives to plastic.
Designers have the potential to develop not just products, but services, and systems as well. Having the imagination, and sometimes the audacity, to expanding solutions' potential scope beyond a static object is critical.
