design thinking and innovation, kilkenny, ireland

#startupIRE #designtechKK

DESIGN THINKING AND INNOVATION7th October 2015, Kilkenny

John Cleere

Schedule Why have a Startup Kilkenny

50,000 years of design and innovationRole of design in tech the past 10 years

Format ThinkngDesign Thinking - Frank Devitt

(Head of the Dept. of Design Innovation, Maynooth University) Design Council UK not yet released report

Kilkenny and design innovationQuestions from the floor (8pm)


Why have a Startup Kilkenny?


50,000 years of design and innovation


#startupIRE #designKK

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Role of design in tech over the past 10 years

4 reasons for change


Design is not just what it looks like and feels like.

Design is how it works.

Steve Jobs



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Format Thinking


Format Thinking is to make better use of new technology without

copying from old technology.

A design problem that repeats itself throughout history.


We look at the present through a rear-view mirror.

We march backwards into the future.

Marshall McLuhan


Design Thinking

Frank Devitt Head of the Dept. of Design Innovation,

Maynooth University.


Sneak peek!

Design Council UK Design Report


Design economy grew by 20% from 2009-2015

(design is reaching non related industries)



72 Billion GVA (mostly digital)



33% of the digital economy

is design



ID2015 will launch a similar report

later this year

www.irishdesign2015.ie

www.designforeurope.eu


Kilkenny and design innovation?



www.kdwapp.com

Kilkenny and its role in design innovation for

tech startups?


We can firstly address it through culture. Creating a “Culture” for

“Design savvy tech startups”


Monthly bar meet ups for Design savvy tech startups

Present and discuss your startup business


Kilkenny & Festivals:

Introduce into the festival programmes Design savvy tech startups

that relate in some manner to each festival industry


Education brings industry:

Talk to influencers about bringing design in tech education to Kilkenny,

Design in tech education could be the catalyst for industry in Kilkenny


Questions?
