Strategic Design in corporate technology research by Joakim Formo

We hosted Joakim Formo, Senior Researcher at the UX Lab at Ericsson Research in Stockholm, at Grafill. Formo, a designer and inventor, leads multidisciplinary exploratory projects that shape emerging technologies through tangible artefacts and concepts.

The talk started from the observation that everyday things are increasingly physical-digital hybrids, built partly from software, data, cloud services and radio, and dependent on global networks. Technology is changing how designers work, but Formo asked the reverse question: can design influence how technology is developed in the first place?

Using examples from Ericsson's internal research projects, he described how and why an in-house strategic design team works inside a technology research department, close to the development of technologies expected to power connected things in the near future.

Speakers

• Joakim Formo, Senior Researcher, UX Lab, Ericsson Research (Stockholm) — Strategic Design in corporate technology research

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