Personal Exploration intent
For the longest time in my life I have been reflecting on the sustainability of systems around us- what is their time-period, were they designed to last forever? And how do we live as communities? Are we thinking of the lives we impact at each moment, or towards the next 5 or 10 years? It really fascinates me in terms of its Soka Values. Soka means “Value creating” in a Japanese philosophy. How might we understand the soka values within the growing landscape of our cities and communities and their sustainability 10 years from today? The rapid urbanization challenges and the rise in the number of people inhabiting cities of the world by 2030( a timeframe of a little less than 12 years) is directly related to the framework taken up by the UN, addressing challenges of Global Warming and call to action needed in the space of Sustainability by designers and innovators.
Towards this challenge, I am planning to use Systems Mapping and Scenarios as methods to explore how Artificial Intelligence in the industry of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN agenda of 2030 is affecting “makers” as well as “consumers” especially the vulnerable group. I am intrigued by a similar aspiration of taking everyone along.
Books to read:
The Age of Sustainable Development, by Jeffery D Sachs, 2015
Makers: The New Industrial revolution, by Chris Anderson, 2012
Start-up Nation: The story of Israel’s Economic Miracle, by Dan Senor & Saul Singer, 2011
Organizations:
Google: sustainability project and circular economy
CISCO: how AI is powering a new wave of activism . @Cisco
IDEO: Environment, a selection of case studies
Online Articles:
Designing for Change- How we are attempting to alter our customer’s routine through the design of fastlane, by Cody Iddings, Jan 2018
The Non- Technical guide to machine learning & artificial intelligence, by Sam DeBrule, Nov 2016
Ideo says the future of design is circular, by Adele Peters, Fast company, Jan 2017
People:
Chris Anderson. @chr1sa
Hannah Jones . @hjones_nike
Kimberly Bryant .@6gems
