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Digital design in its wider context
As the news hits that design mogul James Dyson has backed out of the planned multi-million design school in Bath, it’s worth taking a moment or two to consider the importance of design to digital convergence and the electronics industry as a whole.
The Finish Architect Eiliel Saarinen once said, ‘always design a thing by considering it in its wider context’. For the purpose of this blog then the thing is a converged device and the context is modern society. There are many pressures upon the design of new devices that stem from society. Just a few worth noting include; standards of living, sustainability, energy consumption, eco-friendliness, functionality, and crime. More...