Design can be visionary by presenting solutions to problems yet undefined

“As designers and architects of the future, we have an opportunity to play a powerful role in constructing reality and improving humanity’s experience on this planet. If the focus is only on a short term profit margin or a fad or a shiny new object, it will be an opportunity lost. Design can be reactionary, responding only to current conditions, or it can be visionary, by presenting solutions to problems yet undefined.” – Venessa Miemis

Read more in Venessa’s article “How Can Futures Thinking Amplify Design Thinking?”

1. Design can help find new solutions to problems and drive innovation
2. Design is about more than just solving problems
3. Designers don’t actually “solve” problems. They “work through” them.
4. Prototyping has given us the power to show and tell the story of our design solutions
5. Design needs to reflect the innovation culture of a company