TOM KLIKOWSTEIN
futurologist/designer
the fractal profession
PRESENTATION
put your work in bigger terms so it does not get trivialized.
(zlavoj zizek)
t-shaped expertise. be very good at your expertise but be aware and capable in others related.
designers design teams. they envision and take responsibility for the future.
to be current - the edge, read wide (times, guardian etc), write narrow(blogs, tweets etc)
attend conferences and workshops from out of your discipline - you'll be exotic (be early, leave late, ask questions).
MEET 10 NEW PEOPLE EVERY WEEK
have an elevator story 10s, café story 10 min.
have a card and your work with you - either a laptop, phone, pad ...
it's not what you want , but what the world wants of you.
designer's don't need a licence like an architect does. when a designer goes wrong people usually don't die - as they would under a collapsed building.
WORKSHOP
-speculate, then portray a "spawned (hybrid) career" composed of what you and yor teammate are studying, plus one other profession
-list skill set for the combined profession
-portray a sample project for that profession (slides and/or large sketches and/or a skit)
i was paired with regina resch - a fashion futures 1st year.
we decided to include a chemist as our 3rd profession.
the spawned career was a surface engineer.
we included research into trends and the medium of wearable objects from her and the production and presentation of visuals from my background.
the surface engineer would create (for example) a t-shirt that had a customizable print. this would have the characteristics of a computer/gadget screen that could be interacted with, but instead of a backlit screen it would be a regular print.
the chemist's part was obviously coming up with the physical solution.
this platform would allow on-the-go customizing interacting with other gadgets, say a smartphone, to screen wall posts from facebook, organically interact with others' messages on their t-shirt carrier, like or befriend another person when meeting them.
the capabilities of this platform would be radical - on the other hand the medium would compensate for that because it's on a t-shirt (the most successful garment that has stood the test of time and is generic)
phrases from the presentation:
CFEC - canvas for efficient communication
autonomous vessel for open civil publication
updatable canvas for social networking, interaction, expression, publishingm showcasing work
the whole presentation was carried out as though it could have been done on the actual t-shirt
the critique we got was that it was too complicated and conceptual. the plus was the visual presentation that stood out and related to the actual product.
regina resch was easy to work with but i felt as though she was a bit nervous and out of her element. she did not have that many ideas to put in, but worked more as a filter for mine. that was actually a good method for work as the project was kept practical and was not allowed to get even more conceptual and hypothetical.
on the whole i was suprised to find tom klinkowstein to have such conventional views on some things as the title "futurologist" prepared me for someone out there. he proved to be somewhat classically american - enthusiastic for opportunities, keeping commercial success always in mind.
the character was a bit of a disappointment - the workshop proved a good envigorating change, though.
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