{"id":8404,"date":"2017-05-03T14:19:52","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T13:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marvel7077.wpengine.com\/?p=8404"},"modified":"2017-05-03T14:19:52","modified_gmt":"2017-05-03T13:19:52","slug":"design-club-5-long-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marvelapp.com\/blog\/design-club-5-long-term\/","title":{"rendered":"Design Club 5: In It for the Long Term"},"content":{"rendered":"

This March, we were super proud to sponsor Design Club<\/a> - the event where the creative community figure out what\u2019s next. This time the loyal crowd of designers and creatives flocked to Hackney House and piled inside in their masses for insightful discussion and some drinks on to go with it. This one sold out in record time of 2 minutes, so be sure to head over to their site and sign up to the Design Club newsletter for early bird access.<\/p>\n

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Photo by Howard Grey<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

As designers (or design thinkers!), it\u2019s easy to focus on the job at hand, the problem to solve, the best iteration possible. Previous Design Club events have focused on this too \u2013 giving the stage to people who\u2019ve gone deep on a challenge and taken big leaps forward with the resulting product, service or business.<\/p>\n

Design Club's last event, however, zoomed out a little to consider the wider, systemic impact that design can have on all our lives.<\/span><\/p>\n

First up, we heard from Chris Grantham, Circular Economy Portfolio Director at IDEO<\/a> \u2014 the company famous for their innovative work and widely adopted Human-Centred Design process. Planning for a Circular Economy has developed as design has evolved and spanned into new areas - from products, to companies to economic systems. Not only that but who we are designing for has progressed from a single user to \u2018an intimately connected web of people\u2019.<\/p>\n