While listening to Susan Szenasy, editor-in-chief at Metropolis Magazine, I realized what a privilege it is to attend UNCG in a program in which important industry relationships have been forged and maintained.
Susan discussed design innovation and the different professional fields from which these innovations might originate. She introduced the idea of new innovation by showing a film and discussing the winning design innovations from Metropolis Magazine's design competition. This forum provided an opportunity for Susan to ask us to ponder how we, as designers, connect people to their environment through design. It was suggested in this discussion that designers have a duty to consider social and ecological issues in their designs, while looking at history and incorporating technology. Although technology plays a huge role in design innovation, Susan was adamant that it was not the answer for design problems. It is imperative that designers look to organic structures and begin to design from a molecular level. In addition to technology and natural, organic structure, Susan stressed the importance of also looking at historical design precedents. Through the use of new technology, organic structure inspiration, and historical precedents, it is possible to design spaces and buildings that are self-sufficient by way of harvesting water and energy.
The topics presented by Susan Szenasy led me to consider the various professional fields from which design could originate. Future design will have to incorporate fields outside of architecture and design to further the technologies required to further design innovation
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