Designing Products of the Future
A course by Cecilia Tham , Designer, Maker, Entrepreneur, and Future Synthesist
Joined July 2020
Learn to research and design dynamic and problem-solving products for a better future
Learn to research and design dynamic and problem-solving products for a better future
Joined July 2020
“Never in the history of humanity has the world changed as quickly as it is changing now.”
In the digital age, technology is constantly shifting and evolving faster than we can process. Cecilia Tham argues that it’s in our hands to take back control of what’s to come. Cecilia is a future-driven entrepreneur whose purpose is to create scalable, impact-focused innovations. In this course, she unravels the concept of “future synthesis,” which is designing solutions for a better future.
Travel to the future and design the look and function of a problem-solving product. Think beyond the present and invent an artifact that is dynamic and meaningful. In her multidisciplinary approach combining research, design and strategy, you will garner the tools to navigate through innovative product development.
What will you learn in this online course?
14 lessons & 35 downloads
- 97% positive reviews (263)
- 7,736 students
- 14 lessons (1h 54m)
- 35 additional resources (15 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: English
- English · Spanish · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
What is this course's project?
Design an innovative product from start to finish, using a dossier and projection map to showcase it.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
This course is for anyone interested in learning about innovative product design: artists, designers, engineers, entrepreneurs, strategists, inventors, or even sci-fi writers.
Requirements and materials
No specific tools or previous knowledge is necessary. You only need access to the internet for research and analysis.
Reviews
A course by Cecilia Tham
As an industry leader, Cecilia MoSze Tham is founder and director of Futurity Studio, an innovative future-focused research and design studio. She was a Senior Social Technologist at Alpha Telefonica. She has founded multiple companies such as MOB: Makers of Barcelona; FabCafe, a café that combines technology, workshops, and coffee; and Allwomen.tech, the first A.I. training campus for women.
Cecilia is the recipient of numerous awards such as the Faculty Design Award by Harvard University and Creative Entrepreneur of the Year by Creative Net. Cecilia has given talks at World Mobile Congress, Smart City Expo, IAM Fest, SHIFT Open FAD, and 4YFN, as well as four TEDx talks. She was a regular contributor to the newspaper L’Econòmic and La Roca Gallery. Cecilia participated at the Singularity University Global Solution Program for climate change at NASA Ames and she is currently an advisor for United Nation World Food Program X.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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Introduction
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Influences and Topic Intro
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What Will We Do in This Course?
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U2
Mapping the Futures Space
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Starting Point and Goal
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Futures Wheel: Mapping Out Context and Consequences
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Futures Cone: Categorizing Futures
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U3
Scenario: Building Futures World
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Components
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Detail World
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The Journey
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U4
Artifact: Designing a Future Artifact
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Detailing the Feature List for Future Artifact
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Create Your Mood Board
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Zero to One. Prototype Your Artifact
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U5
Backcasting
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Roadmap and Routes
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Root Cause Analysis
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FP
Final project
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Designing Products of the Future
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What to expect from a Domestika course
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Learn at your own pace
Enjoy learning from home without a set schedule and with an easy-to-follow method. You set your own pace.
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Learn from the best professionals
Learn valuable methods and techniques explained by top experts in the creative sector.
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Meet expert teachers
Each expert teaches what they do best, with clear guidelines, true passion, and professional insight in every lesson.
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Certificates
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Get front-row seats
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Share knowledge and ideas
Ask questions, request feedback, or offer solutions. Share your learning experience with other students in the community who are as passionate about creativity as you are.
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Connect with a global creative community
The community is home to millions of people from around the world who are curious and passionate about exploring and expressing their creativity.
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FAQs
Domestika's courses are online classes that provide you with the tools and skills you need to complete a specific project. Every step of the project combines video lessons with complementary instructional material, so you can learn by doing. Domestika's courses also allow you to share your own projects with the teacher and with other students, creating a dynamic course community.
All courses are 100% online, so once they're published, courses start and finish whenever you want. You set the pace of the class. You can go back to review what interests you most and skip what you already know, ask questions, answer questions, share your projects, and more.
The courses are divided into different units. Each one includes lessons, informational text, tasks, and practice exercises to help you carry out your project step by step, with additional complementary resources and downloads. You'll also have access to an exclusive forum where you can interact with the teacher and with other students, as well as share your work and your course project, creating a community around the course.
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PlusThis course is exactly what I need at the moment for my creative practise to consolidate my common theme about the future. It has a lot of really great exercises and links to things about the future I would never have discovered at such fast rate.I would recommend it to artists and designers like myself in order to see where our future creative practices can be positioned to survive and prosper in the time of rapid advances in technology how this integrates into the issues in the world today.