DRS2012 Bangkok Proceedings Vol 4 - Design Research Society

1930 Conference Proceedings
What is the Future of Industrial Design?
participating organizations to learn new ways of using design. A good example is a
Governor, who participated in the project and has now hired industrial designers as part
of her organization for developing the country further. The fact that all faculty, staff and
students participated has also raised the general awareness to think differently and to
develop their own professional practice themselves.
We're taught that there should always be a problem to solve. What if the problem to solve
is just the way that most of the humans are thinking? Why shouldn't a designer also have
the responsibility to make a difference in the way of thinking and not only in the way of
using products? I know there's nothing here that tells us that we can't think like this but I
didn't feel encouraged to do it [before]. (11/1)