The Science Behind Modular Design Thinking@jamescabrera jamescabrera.com

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Art, and Aesthetic

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Science, Engineering,

and Math

Art, and Aesthetic

Design

Beautiful Products

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We challenged ourselves to create a visual language for our users that synthesizes the classic principles of good design with the “

We challenged ourselves to create a visual language for our users that synthesizes the classic principles of good design with the innovation and possibility of technology and science.“

Incubation

General Ideas (Things we think we know)

General Ideas (Things we think we know)

Hypothesis

Prove those ideas (Proofs or Experiments)

Hypothesis

Prove those ideas by Proofs or Experiments

Discovery

Angle Sum TheoremThe sum of all 3 angles of a triangle equals 180 degrees

Angle Sum TheoremThe sum of all 3 angles of a triangle equals 180 degrees

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b c a+b+c=180

Angle Sum TheoremThe sum of all 3 angles of a triangle equals 180 degrees

a

b c

Draw Parallel Line

a+b+c=180

Angle Sum TheoremThe sum of all 3 angles of a triangle equals 180 degrees

a

b c

Draw Parallel Line

a+b+c=180

Angle Sum TheoremThe sum of all 3 angles of a triangle equals 180 degrees

a

b c

bDraw Parallel Line

Alternate Interior Angle b

a+b+c=180

Angle Sum TheoremThe sum of all 3 angles of a triangle equals 180 degrees

a

b c

b cDraw Parallel Line

Alternate Interior Angle b

Alternate Interior Angle c

a+b+c=180

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Start Big, Think Smaller

Hadrons“Proton”

1920

Hadrons“Proton”

Partons“Quarks”

1920 1968

Hadrons“Proton”

Partons“Quarks”

Gluons & Bosons“Strong/Weak Forces”

1920 1968 1979-1983

Hadrons“Proton”

Partons“Quarks”

Gluons & Bosons“Strong/Weak Forces”

Higgs Boson“God Particle”

1920 1968 1979-1983 2013

Created by Brad Frost & Dave Olsen

Deduce, learn, then build

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Efficiency & Re-usability

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Plan for the unknown

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