Section 1 : Universal - Jump Fences Flashcards
What is abductive reasoning?
the ability to think about the picture what might be
How do designers jump fences?
Abductive reasoning
What is jumping fences?
Attempting to make the leap from the realm of known achievability to the much larger surrounding space or;
By mentally hopping from one realm of thought to an entirely separate one, connecting ideas from that first world to ideas from the other (also can be smart recombination)
Who designed the C-shaped prosthetic limb?
Van Philips
Describe Mau’s ‘lost in the woods’ theory.
If you’re lost in the woods, everything about your surroundings takes on added significance. Suddenly you have to navigate and negotiate every detail of the environment, processing all of it while trying to regain your bearings. People are in a hyperattuned state, thus making it an ideal time to experiment and speculate, because the mind is wide open and the senses are alive
What is Mau’s ‘fog of war’ theory?
In the fog of war you make a decision based only on 20% of the information. In design, Mau felt that in terms of fate of ideas, the more tangential, unexpected ones, might only come to life during the civilian equivalent of the fog of war, in that brief window wherein people are lacking information and therefore less likely to prejudge
Who are Zero Gravity Thinkers?
those who aren’t weighed down by expertise and conventiona wisdom
Who designed the XO laptop?
Yevs Behar for One Laptop Per Child, headed by Nicholas Negroponte
What is the design principle of mapping?
Intuitive relationship between controls and their effects
What is ‘harvesting ideas’?
Simply spitting out ideas before critique or research into the issue
What is a dinosaur baby?
a term coined by IDEO designer Paul Bennett to describe a quirky and idiosyncratic design creation that is destined to be loved only by its creator
What is satisficing?
making design compromises to keep the cost down
Who came up with smart recombinations?
John Thackara
What was Tibor Kalman’s way to overcoming linear exploration that inspired Sagmeister?
Doing things the ‘wrong way’. Kalman would purposely create images that were upside down or in some way jarring; it was Kalman’s way of breaking the mold.
