Tony Fadell: The first secret of design is ... noticing video reflection

Tony Fadell was very clear in delivering his points across to the audience about designing. He touched upon the topic of "Habituation", something that our brains do to reduce brain power used to do everyday actions, hence allowing us to be more efficient in learning new things. He spoke of how it is a road block in coming up with a solution to a design problem because it causes us to accept those problems as everyday life. The feelings of frustration when we first encounter the problem were gradually diluted as we got used to it. It reminds me of how we carry out everyday routines without thinking twice, such as when brushing our teeth every morning and wearing our shoes before going out. Fadell advised that we should look broader, look closer and last but not least, think younger. This links back to the very first video reflection on Tim Brown's "Tale of creativity and play". Both of them stressed on how it is important to think like a child, to keep questioning how things work. Only then will we be able to see the problem in a different perspective and come up with a good solution.