LAB+3+Dan+Pink

Choose one of the elements (design/story/meaning/play/empathy/symphony) from dan pink's book and discuss a real world example I am going to talk about the element of design. I was very inspired by the KARIMANIFESTO fifty-point guide to life and design that was mentioned by Dan Pink. For example Karim says "Never say 'I could have done that' because you didn't" and 'think extensively, not intensively".

I understood more of these principles' intentions when I went online to check out some of the design magazines that Dan Pink recommanded. For example, there was one award-winning design which is a "coat-check" chair. It is a chair that makes it easier for you to hang clothes properly. So the designer turned the chair into a holder for tonnes of hangers. The hangers made up the space for sitting area and the back as well. So whenever you want to just casually hang your clothes on the chair you can simply grab one hanger and hang your clothes up.

The designers used design thinking trying to resolve a common hazzel in every-day life. It does happen to me too. Normally after a few weeks when I walk into my room my clothes are everywhere lying on couch, on chairs. The close is just 2 seconds away, there're usually lots of hangers hanging there without clothes. But I just don't bother to do it. And I never bother to think there could be a way to solve this problem.

When you look at the chair, you think its smart but it's rather a simple idea - make hangser easy to be reached by you and more visually accessible, not a complicated idea at all.. but the fact is no one came up with it until recently and by one single group of designers.