This document discusses the evolution of design from the 19th century to the present day and how science and technology have influenced different fields of design. It covers several key points: 1) European classical design in the 19th-20th centuries focused on applied arts and the role of designers as applied artists. Design cities like Milan, Barcelona, and London emerged. 2) In the 21st century, science and technology have intersected with design, from the earliest computers to modern devices like the iPhone. Scientists have taken on roles as designers. 3) Computer science now acts as both a new science and a language connecting other design fields. It should be taught in schools to promote computational thinking. The

1. “The sciences of design”
Artur Serra
IDAT BCN, January 17, 2011

2. 1. The European Classical Design
XIX-XX Centuries

3. European classical design

From arts and crafts to industrial design
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Different families of design: furniture, jewelery,
graphic, industrial,

London School of Design
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Designers as an applied artist
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Business-oriented design.
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Design cities: Milano, Barcelona, London,...

4. Barcelona 92

The compendium of architectural, furniture,
graphic, industrial design.

Cobi, ...

5. 2. Science and Technology
meets Design
XXI Century

8. From ENIAC to iPhone
Eniac 1945
Macintosh 1984
iPhone 2010

9. The scientists become designers

17. Leonardo
as a model

19. 3. Computer Science
and the other Sciences of Design

20. The language of sciences of design
-Computer science has a doble character:
It is a new science in itself
It is the language in which speak the other sciences of
design.
-Computer science should be learn as a new
language at the school
CSTA, Computational Thinking in K-12.

22. Synthetic Biology

23. From the Doble Helyx to the
Synthetic Cellules.

24. Nanotechnology

26. 5. A global network
From the US to the rest of
Scientific and Technological Community

27. Even in Catalonia...

28. 6. The opening
to the society

29. From Logic Theorist to Scracht
1955. Allen Newell's and Herb Simon's
describing the operation of the
Logic Theorist,
the first working artificial intelligence
computer program. 2007. An educational programming language
November 15, 1955 that allows people of any experience background
and age to experiment with the concepts
of fully versatile computer programming
by snapping together visual programming
block to control images, music and sound

31. Technoanthropology and
the Cultural Design

32. Design of knowledge communities

33. i2cat, designing Internet research
centers

34. La Fundación i2cat:
organisational architecture

35. Citilab and the citizen labs
“You Can Learn
to Innovate”

36. Epilogue: A Designlab?
We need a center for doing research and
innovation on design.
In new areas: design of sound landscapes,
design from all, not only for all, …
A center for designing new disciplines...
A center to focus on the “design of design” (Fred
Brooks).
We have already too much schools of design and
no designlab.
Times has come!

37. Thanks,
artur.serra@i2cat.net