Designing for the Future

"Designing for the Future"

A Silicon Valley Speaker series talk by David Law, Founder, Speck Design, California
6.30pm in LT1, Bristo Square
Talk: 6.30p-7.30p
Networking: 7.30p-8.30p

This is a cross-event with the Edinburgh Entrepreneur Meetup Group and the Edinburgh Entrepreneurship Club.

Topic:
We've learned about the importance of design and creativity in the future, and also of the relationship between design and competitive advantage in the future. But what about designing for the future? What might the future look like and what will thus be the implications for designing new products and services to succeed in the future? Come and learn from David Law, another Scot who is residing, working, and building companies in Silicon Valley.

About the speaker:

David returns for the third year in a row to speak to Scotland about the importance and influence of design and embracing a philosophy of design.

Born and raised in Scotland, he pursued a degree in Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering at the University of London. He turned to Glasgow University to gain a first class honors degree in Product Design Engineering, a program which combines Industrial Design and Mechanical Engineering. On leaving University, he joined Sanko Gosei, a Japanese Manufacturer based in England as an Injection Mould Tool Designer. He then moved to the US and joined IDEO Product Development, based in Palo Alto. His several utility patents include one of the first major commercial uses of Memory Metal (shape memory alloy). David has lectured in the Engineering Program over at Stanford and has taught creativity course and design courses for students at Stanford since 1996. Presently David founded and is a major shareholder in Speck Product Design. Speck Design a product design consultancy is committed to the success of our Customers. Our designers strive to invent meaningful designs that resonate with our customer’s customer.

Our engineers work meticulously and efficiently to realize the intent of the design. Whether production is in Asia or in North America, Speck can manage the design and manufacturing process until the product hits the shelves. Ultimately, our goal is to be the most appreciated design firm in the world by our customers. Speck Shanghai is a design consultancy which is a wholly owned foreign enterprise based in Shanghai, China. The office in Shanghai works closely with wordclass manufacturers in China to provide seamless design to manufacturing transitions, competitive quotes and turn-key manufacturing, for clients in the US and around the world. OPENtalent serves to break down employment barriers in niche industries and is supported by targeted advertisers.

CADtalent and its family of Open Source job boards are headquartered in San Francisco, CA. CADtalent is owned and operated by OPENtalent, Inc. Made Products creates unique and differentiated digital camera accessories and partners with major brands around the world to bring these to market. Currently Made is working with Nikon, Kodak and Fuji. In addition Made create Camera Armor its own brand () which creates and markets innovative accessories for digital SLR cameras. Founded in 2001 Speck Products (Palo Alto, CA) has become a market leader in the iPod, cell phone, satellite radio and electronic accessory category. Since the first product release at Mac World 2001, Speck has released in excess of 150 SKU�s. Selling spirited, fun and unique products, Speck continues to be a category champion with a proactive approach and focus toward innovation, lifestyle, design and fashion. Speck's line of products can be found worldwide at Apple retail stores and at most major electronics dealers.