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The shift

Towards a limitless future.

Thanks to the new tools it has access to, design is loosening its attachment to production. A new malleable field emerges, blending space, utility, and communication.

The confluence of data and generative technologies bridges the gap between collective ambition and individual participation, allowing enterprises to stage endless distinctive relationships that go beyond ‘plugging in’.

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Beyond the

feedback loop

From Customer to Participant

From its start, design was focused on broad scopes—brands, markets, and customers. We are now entering a new stage in which designers will collaborate with the machine to achieve individuality: adaptable design programs designed to be infinitely applied one-to-one.

This brings an opportunity to deepen the relationship between brands and consumers while indulging in increased creative freedom and influence.

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algo & rithmic

Design is on the brink of a transformation that will shake its foundation, methodologies, and outputs.

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bye bye, bauhaus

Design is on the brink of a transformation that will shake its foundation, methodologies, and outputs.

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Designing in 1:1

“The idea becomes the machine that makes the art.”

Sol LeWitt

Thanks to generative technology, solving for individual user needs, preferences, and behaviors, is now within reach. Doing so also calls for rethinking design programs to bridge human purpose and machine logic, the conceptual and the algorithmic. Design practices need to evolve to support systems in which designers create, and machines iterate.

Individuating the relationship is now within reach:

Focus

the individual

Now that data is central to every relationship, it’s time to create algorithmic designs capable of solving for individual users across all platforms at all times. Design programs that incorporate data lead to collaborative applications, contextual relevance, and spontaneous activation. In this new age, the individual is able to separate themself from the masses, receive personalized applications, and develop deeper affiliations with the companies that incite them.

Goal

untethered scalability

Algorithmic logic can unlock greater creative freedom with added achievability. By joining forces with the machine, we can mend the gap between creative intent and scalability. Designs founded on algorithmic logic can transcend production boundaries and enable creative execution at the individual scale.

Outcome

a culture of participation

Design’s ability to integrate language, utility, and behavior to realize purpose is as relevant as ever. Individualization increases participation as it strengthens the relationship between companies and consumers. Collective transformation flourishes within a culture of participation.

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