Road to Future Design

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Now the design is not only a process of technique, but also a thinking mode, while we pay attention to craft skills development, also cannot ignore the cultural philosophy of science, and other learning form of thinking, because with the development of the society of all kinds of social problems and contradictions appear, simple technological education is not enough to make the designer to solve some of these problems today, while strengthening technological skills can still make designers to increase your own value, but if you want to let the designer in today’s social status to the next level, you need to put two aspects of technology skills and new way of thinking. Today’s design is people-oriented, so designers should not only take the responsibility of providing visual comfort to people, but also take the responsibility of making the equipment more understandable and usable. This process is a step-by-step innovation, which needs to find the optimal solution through continuous experiments. About the current education mode is appropriate for the future design of this problem, Norman think follow the traditional process of designers, their skills will always need to society, but the future design direction is that still designers need to continue to learn more interdisciplinary knowledge, in line with the human-oriented design thinking to help solve social problems. There will be two different approaches to design in the future, one that focuses on design skills and practices, and the other that focuses on ways of thinking. The focus on designer skills has been well developed, and universities are still revising their education models, but training courses on the way designers think are still lacking. But whichever path you take, or a combination of the two, it’s important to choose what’s right for you.