Are there any designers in the Bay Area that would be interested in starting something to explore/practice design beyond the approaches we might typically take in the tech industry? Here’s some context to supplement this question:

I finished 'Designing Design' by Kenya Hara this year, and it demonstrated a juxtaposition to how I was brought into design—specifically digital product design. At a high-level, we tend to employ ideas of design thinking to identify problems that address revenue-based goals.

Compare that against some of the philosophies and work depicted in Hara's book, wherein he and other designers explore ideas based on how they activate our senses…

Or against the goal of understanding just how little we know about something (Hara calls this the process of making the known unknown)...

Love this! I’m not in the Bay Area, sadly

Would've loved to work on this with ya, but seeing all of the awesome stuff you're doing with PamPam! Hope all is well!

Thanks!!

Starting to gather some interest! If you'd like to join in on something like this, please don't hesitate to reach out. Side note: I specified the Bay Area b/c I think there are some advantages afforded by being in-person, but things are still pretty open right now! Say hi!