Hans Gerwitz's presentation at Seattle Interactive Conference 2011.

1. Post-Opulence Design
Hans Gerwitz
@gerwitz
UPDATE: notes and links have been posted at
http://hans.gerwitz.com/library/records/sic-2011.html

2. safely ignored

3. Umair Haque

4. Douglas Rushkoff

5. first!

6. so why listen?

7. frog

8. heritage of ID

9. got big
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10. still design things

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13. edge possibilities

14. singularity

15. collapse

16. on the treadmill

17. showing off

18. conspicuous

19. wealth display

20. why not?

21. maybe environment

22. resource depletion

23. climate disruption

24. carbon control

25. maybe economics

26. end of growth

27. population slowdown

28. stagnation

29. consumer hourglass

30. maybe culture shift

31. sustainability

32. urbanization

33. demonization of wealth

34. rise of the maker

35. then what?

36. branding is forever

37. conspicuous experience

38. virtual opulence

39. social opulence

40. eudemonia

41. business

42. dematerialize

43. ephemeralize

44. industrial design

45. process
1. Product Genesis
strategy and design
2. Production & Operations
applying materials, consuming energy, emitting pollutants
3. Usage & Consumption
consuming materials, consuming energy, emitting pollutants
4. Recycling
re-use of materials, management of disposed waste

46. commonplace luxury

47. affordable without austerity

48. experience design

49. gamification

50. supporter boasting

51. experience boasting

52. conspicuous creation

53. marketing

54. brand halo

55. start with product

56. curate social

57. fini
Today’s mainstream consumers
are conspicuous with wealth.
Consider other ways to
influence tomorrow’s.

58. Thanks
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UPDATE: notes and links have been posted at
http://hans.gerwitz.com/library/records/sic-2011.html