How educating your environment makes you a better designer - IDology #14

IDology · 23 Jan 2024 · 36m · Episode 14

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Voytek Hołysz, Mikołaj Wiewióra, and Rafał Piłat of the industrial design studio Mindsailors discuss the critical importance of educating clients and internal teams to ensure mutual understanding in product development. They emphasize that assuming shared knowledge leads to misunderstandings, particularly regarding definitions like 'prototype,' and advocate for setting a baseline through workshops and clear communication. The founders highlight the need to manage expectations, define responsibilities, and recognize that clients are experts in their specific domains, requiring designers to act as facilitators and connectors to other specialists.

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Companies: Mindsailors, Clabra

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How educating your environment makes you a better designer - IDology #14

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