{"id":3559,"date":"2010-04-05T20:30:37","date_gmt":"2010-04-06T00:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/?p=3559"},"modified":"2016-07-05T18:02:39","modified_gmt":"2016-07-05T22:02:39","slug":"design-happiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/2010\/04\/05\/design-happiness\/","title":{"rendered":"Design Happiness"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Design<\/a>
\n\\’\\’<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat if we looked at the world as a design project \u2013 how might we begin to make it better?\u201d – Bruce Mau<\/em><\/h3>\n

Design is not just aesthetics. It doesn\u2019t exist for<\/strong> business, culture, or nature; business, culture, and nature exist because of<\/strong> it.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not making stuff pretty. Design is solving problems and changing lives.<\/strong> Design is applying your creativity strategically. And because of new technological advances, our increased sharing of knowledge, and our ingenuity, it\u2019s now possible to design everything<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

And when I say everything, I mean it. I\u2019m not just talking about your stuff<\/em>, I\u2019m not just talking about matter<\/strong>. I\u2019m talking about You<\/em>, your existence, I\u2019m talking about designing meaning<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Design defined.<\/h3>\n

To design (with a sense of purpose) is to:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. understand what is needed
    \n<\/strong>AND <\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. satiate that need<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    It\u2019s really that simple.<\/p>\n

    Design is You<\/strong> breaking out of old patterns of thinking and behaviour. Design is You<\/strong> being empathetic and conscious to human needs and desires. Your own, and others.<\/p>\n

    Do it. Design it.<\/h3>\n

    You can design your dream day if you understand what you desire and fulfill it.
    \nYou can design your dream business if you understand what you need and quench that need.
    \nYou can design your dream website if you understand what you require and execute it.<\/p>\n

    You can design the meaning of your life. And business. And everything in-between. You have the choice and the talent.<\/p>\n

    You won’t have to do it alone.<\/h3>\n

    There’s a personal design revolution <\/strong>afoot. Some of us don’t want design done for us. We want it done with us<\/strong> or by us<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    We want to use our imagination. We want to apply our creativity strategically.<\/p>\n

    We’re choosing to design our world like no one else can.<\/p>\n

    photo by: photographer padawan *(xava du)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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    \"Design<\/a>
    \n[tweetmeme]<\/p>\n

    \u201cWhat if we looked at the world as a design project \u2013 how might we begin to make it better?\u201d – Bruce Mau<\/em><\/h3>\n

    Design is not just aesthetics. It doesn\u2019t exist for<\/strong> business, culture, or nature; business, culture, and nature exist because of<\/strong> it.<\/p>\n

    It\u2019s not making stuff pretty. Design is solving problems and changing lives.<\/strong> Design is applying your creativity strategically. And because of new technological advances, our increased sharing of knowledge, and our ingenuity, it\u2019s now possible to design everything<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    And when I say everything, I mean it. I\u2019m not just talking about your stuff<\/em>, I\u2019m not just talking about matter<\/strong>. I\u2019m talking about You<\/em>, your existence, I\u2019m talking about designing meaning<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cultural-creativity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3559\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}