nigel jacob - boston: new urban mechanics - gcs16
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“As Boston approaches its 400th birthday, our goal is a thriving, healthy, and innovative city for all; one community that is a global leader for the 21st century.”
Design Thinking is an approach to putting
Value First
Design Thinking is NOT about building apps
It’s about values-driven innovation
4 LESSONS
1. How you Build is Just as Important as What you Build
2. Build Things That People Want and Need
3. Use Technology to Build Trust
4. Be Delightful
How you Build is Just as Important as What you Build
OUR APPROACH
Explore Experiment Evaluate
Build Things That people People Want and Need
SIDE GUARDS
BU TodayDecember 6, 2012
The Boston GlobeAugust 7, 2015
SIDE GUARDS
Pilot (2013)
Current (2015)
Use Technology to Build Trust
CAN TECHNOLOGY BE USED TO BUILD TRUST?
TITLE
Be Delightful
http://space.newurbanmechanics.org
#BostonPSI
Submissions due April 3
“STILL GOT LOVE FOR THE STREETS.” - DR. DRE
Analog Rethinking Mattapan StationDigital
STAIRS OF FABULOUSNESS (2014 Winner)Simple. Colorful. “Rainbow stairs will make City Hall 400% more fabulous.”
TIDRAPHONE (2014 Winner)Tidraphone, a tidal vibraphone, invites Bostonians to interact with the water and consider our relationship to it, via a playful musical experience that is dynamically affected by the daily tides.
LIGHTWELL (2014 Winner)The Light Well inspires many interpretations: an object of art, a seat, a planter, a light fixture, and a vegetated drywell for storm water filtration.
