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DesignUp 🚀 Issue #52 > Accessible AR, MVA, Systems Thinking, UxNow, Pune...
A mixed set of links this week: from AR made accessible to MVA and a visually beautiful billion-year calendar. First, some event updates—Delhi's very own Ux event, UxNow (on Sat, Oct 7th) is now open for registrations! And there's a spot of magic in the 4th edition of this conference...
A slice of DesignUp comes to Pune, register to attend the pre-event (on Fri, Sept 8) at Hyatt Pune, choose from short workshops+talks or just talks! Meet fellow Punekar (+ some Bengaluru) UXers over HighTea!
As we struggle to consumerise cool-tech - the humble lightbulb could provide that vital link: "you’ve already got one piece of the required gear for turning your desk—or fridge, wall, or pretty much any other surface—into an augmented-reality display that you can interact with".
Not so long ago - Systems Design or Systems Thinking were part of our Design curriculum. And then they got side-tracked by the Design Thinking wave. But looks like Systems Thinking is back...
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Good is the enemy of great - but it may not be by accident or inability to achieve greatness. The Economist explains "why that’s a good thing for customers."
Yes there's MVA too! It's all about "
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From Information Is Beautiful comes this long, intricate mind bending map of our far far future - a future where we, as a race are unlikely to exist. Morbid? Maybe, but puts things into perspective...
Until next week,JD
(PS: in the last issue, I mentioned an off beat design position with Ekayana, the email link should have pointed to Ravi)