Andy Polaine
The Paradox of Design Education
A revisit and reflection upon my 2011 paper "Design Research – A Failure of Imagination?" for the Design Literacy International Network.
Speaking
Keynotes and webinars on design leadership, service design and organisational change.
A full list of keynotes is available in my publications list. Several presentations are available on Speakerdeck and in my YouTube playlist.
Service Design as a Counter-Cultural Force
Presentation for the SDN Touchpoint Roundtable
Navigating the Design Leadership Dip
Presentation for Product Design Week Design Leadership+ 2024
It's not business, it's personal. Leadership & Service Design.
Keynote presentation for the Service Design Network Global Conference, 2024
Mind Your Product Language
A talk for Mind the Product Engage Hamburg 2022 on language in product and service design.
Futurice Show and Tell – Design Leadership
A talk on design leadership for Futurice's Show and Tell series.
Boiling the Ocean: Complexity, Service Design & Systems Thinking
On navigating complexity through service design and systems thinking.
Design in the Age of Synthetic Realities
How synthetic realities and generative AI are changing design practice. Presented at UX Australia, Sydney, 2019.
Design for the Long-Term
Closing keynote at Web Directions Design 2018, Melbourne, on the long-term implications of design decisions.