Brief notes on Design Matters Tokyo 2023 by Ramses

2/6/2023 16:20

A few bullet point notes taken during some of the talks at Design Matters Tokyo 2023 — the information is provided as is. These works as reminders for topics to research or expand later on.

the event → designmatters.jp/

reach out → rc@omg.lol

What does design means to you? by Saki Asakawa

• Technology has the power to change our lives for the better
• Innovations help us using home appliances, reading, accessing info, going out, communication remote…
• Accessibility helps people and everyone around it.
• As designers we need to avoid the “better than nothing but…”
• A combination of physical (what people can do) and mental (how comfortable people feel) accessibility, results in well being.
• What UXR values: everyone is biased, appreciate diversity and diversify the work environment.

Searching the art style to not get lost in the age of Tech rush by Marina Nakagawa

• Should designers have an art style?
• Art style is more about having a unique range of skills that you can put to use into solving issues.
• can AI be a real threat for designers?
• The journey to find your own style; make personal work regularly and be serious about it.
• Don’t limit yourself to what you dream. Do what you enjoy.
• Have a style but don’t let style have you

(de)Generative creativity powered by AI by Lysandre Follet

• AI Bias
• Bias is not explored enough in the digital field.
• What does the AI bias mean for us in the digital creative space?
• Democratization of cocreation with machine intelligence.
• Pretrained on existing data brings traditional bias. Bias towards the English language on western concepts.
• What was the AI trained on?
• What are you looking at? Is there an inherent biased?
• “More of the same”
• AI Powered Creative Monoculture
• What is going to be remembered? What’s the cultural heritage in digital?

Global Design: Prioritizing Inclusion, Accessibility, and Sustainability by Regine Gilbert

• Designing for a global audience requires digital designers to prioritize inclusion…
• How do you feel when you’re left out? Negative emotions.
• How do we make people feel when our experiences are not accessible.
• Consider localization from the start: language, cultural nuances, and the targeted market.
• Colors, fonts, icons, and images change in location.
• Stay local.
• Inclusion: a broad range of users, their diversity and the broad range of contexts.
• Look out for cultural highlights in design application.
• Disability is your personal bias — what can we achieve with accessibility?
• 67% of accessibility happen in design.
• Hierarchy: relationship between elements. Look out for font size, contrast, repetition, scale, discoverability.
• What can we do to make our design more sustainable? DO YOUR RESEARCH.

Designing Household Budgets and Well-being by June Taketani

• Well/being can be perceived as a tree: roots (foundation), trunk (abilities), branches (action) and fruits (outcome)
• Respect user life’s foundation to nurture their ability
• Guide users towards the long term outcomes not just solve short term problems.

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