Everyone is a designer. Everyone does it everyday. The common definition of a designer is "a person who plans the looks and workings of something prior it to being made"(Stevenson, 2010). However, this definition does not accommodate the act to redesign, modifying a design subsequent to it's creation. The way in which people naturally interact with their surrounding environments and objects, manipulating and employing them in ways which best suit their individual existence, makes them a creator, a maker, and an architect of their own everyday.
The role of a traditional designer needs to transformed to that of a facilitator. The everyday designer needs to be encouraged to exercise their creativity and not be restricted by the boundaries that design presents.
How to design for the everyday designer:
facilitate
inspire
forget everything you know
How to be an everyday designer:
know who you are
if you don't, that's okay
be who you are and who you want to be
embrace difference
embrace change
think
don't think
create
build
act like a designer
because you already are one
Initial design proposal ides:
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