Over most of Europe, from north to south, the weather forecast charts have been dark red as record-breaking temperatures soar to previously unseen levels. Wild forest fires ravage Spain, France, Italy, California and many other places. To many people the realisation of climate change is becoming uncomfortably clear and in many cases, life threatening. We know the answers already. It is just a question of putting them into action. Simultaneously, Europe is facing a crisis of energy supply as a result of the political sanctions put in place following the Russian invasion of the Ukraine. These are indeed desperate times. Much of the solution to both, is the faster adoption of green renewable energy and green lifestyles. For that reason the GDA GREEN AWARD was established some time ago in order to let people share ideas of solving our green challenges. The pandemic has demonstrated very well indeed that even small changes in individual behaviour can really have a large accumulative effect when they are repeated by a large number of citizens. Help GDA to demonstrate and show that new green solutions are the right way forward for a cleaner more habitable planet. The GREEN AWARD is dedicated to any project or product that actively encourages or increases our adoption of more sustainable materials or processes. That can also entail a reduction in our reliance on fossil-fuel sources. It can be a product or a change of material. It can be a process that changes the way we use power. It can be new types of technology where fossil fuels are not necessary. Share your ideas and projects with GDA. . https://www.gda-awards.com/post/greensolutions . . #RedAlertForGreenSolutions #WildForestFires #GreenRenewableEnergyAndGreenLifestyles #SmallChangesInIndividualBehaviourCanHaveAlargeAccumulativeEffect #RødAdvarselForGrønneLøsninger #VildeSkovbrande #GrønVedvarendeEnergiOgGrønLivsstil #SmåÆndringerIindividuelAdfærdKanHaveEnStorAkkumulerendeEffekt #山火事 #環境にやさしい再生可能エネルギーと環境的に持続可能なライフスタイル #個々の行動の小さな変化は大きな累積効果をもたらす可能性があります #HowToImproveYourCV #GetTheCertificateThatWillHelpYouAdvanceInYourCareer #CarbonNeutral2050 #PostPandemic #NewWorldNewNormalNewBeginning #SådanForbedrerDuDitCV #FåCertifikatetDerVilHjælpeDigVidereIDinKarriere #国際デザイン賞 #あなたの履歴書を改善する方法 #キャリアアップに役立つ証明書を取得してください #カーボンニュートラル2050 #GDAawards #GreatDesignAwards #ネットゼロ2050 #GDA賞 #COP26 #Glasgow #GreenAward

A great party isn't just something that you come to enjoy - it's also something you can contribute to. Join the growing number of designers, architects and companies that are making GDA Awards into an influential movement of creativity. The next deadline is on the 9th of next month. 素晴らしいパーティーは、あなたが楽しむようになるだけでなく、あなたが貢献できるものでもあります。 GDA賞を創造性の影響力のある運動に変えている、増え続けるデザイナー、建築家、企業に加わってください。 次の締め切りは来月の9日です。 En fantastisk fest er ikke bare noget, du kommer for at nyde – det er også noget, du kan bidrage til. Slut dig til det voksende antal designere, arkitekter og virksomheder, der gør GDA Awards til en indflydelsesrig kreativitetsbevægelse. Næste deadline er den 9. i næste måned. . https://www.gda-awards.com/post/dont-be-late . . #DontBeLateForTheParty #HowYouDoMakeAnAveragePartyIntoAnAwesomeOne #ToContributeAndTakePart #DesignersArchitectsAndCompanies #UserInterfaceAward #KomIkkeForSentTilFesten #HvordanDuGørEnGennemsnitligFestTilEnFantastiskFest #AtBidrageOgDeltage #DesignereArkitekterOgVirksomheder #パーティーに遅れないでください #平均的なパーティーを素晴らしいパーティーにする方法 #貢献して参加する #デザイナー建築家企業 #TheInternationalDesignAwards #HowToImproveYourCV #GetTheCertificateThatWillHelpYouAdvanceInYourCareer #CarbonNeutral2050 #PostPandemic #NewWorldNewNormalNewBeginning #SådanForbedrerDuDitCV #FåCertifikatetDerVilHjælpeDigVidereIDinKarriere #国際デザイン賞 #あなたの履歴書を改善する方法 #キャリアアップに役立つ証明書を取得してください #カーボンニュートラル2050 #GDAawards #GreatDesignAwards #ネットゼロ2050 #GDA賞 #MobileTechAward #IDproductDesignAward #UserInterfaceAward #DesignThinkingAward #DesignForCareAward #PackagingDesignAward #GreenDesignAward #RoboticsDesignAward #ESGactionAward

It should be reassuring to know that when you become irritated or frustrated with your smart phone or your vacuum cleaner or you hotel room key, it is not because you are dim or stupid. The main reason is simply bad interface design on your device. The art of interface design - UI and often called UX (User Experience) - is a difficult discipline because as everyone knows, keeping things simple is often very difficult. User Interface design has become an art form in itself. The art is making the control of our devices and utensils so easy to understand that you could say that UI is art of the obvious. Like much great design, you don't really notice it’s there because the function of the product has become so natural. However behind that simplicity is a long story of being able to see the process through the eyes of the user - no matter who the user is. The user of a smart phone can be a child, a teenager, a busy adult or an older senior citizen. UX becomes a balancing act of understanding humanity and culture. The exciting things about UX is that it is everywhere. In your car, in the train and throughout airports. At work, in hospitals. Getting to your gate at the airport needs signage that you understand when you are in a hurry. Pressing the right button at the right time is a hospital intensive care unit is crucial to saving lives. If there is doubt in any given situation you introduce the potential for a crisis. So UI is much more than if you can find your pulse on your smart phone. It is about preventing aircraft crashes and saving lives. That is the reason for GDA Awards to place so much attention to this new discipline of UI. If you feel that your work in UI and UX deserves to be noticed, then please do send an application for the GDA User Interface Award. The deadline in the 9th May at 9 am UCT. https://www.gda-awards.com/ui . https://www.gda-awards.com/post/facingup-to-interface . . #FacingUpToInterface #IrritatedWithYourSmartPhone #FrustratedWithYourVacuumCleaner #KeepingThingsSimpleIsDifficult #BalancingActOfUnderstandingHumanityAndCulture #VenderOpTilInterface #IrriteretPåDinSmartphone #FrustreretOverDinStøvsuger #DetErSværtAtHoldeTingeneEnkle #BalancegangMedAtForståMenneskehedenOgKulturen #9th #NetZero2050 #CarbonNegative2050 #CarbonNeutral2050 #ClimateNeutral2050 #PostPandemic #GDAawards #GreatDesignAwards #MobileTechAward #IDproductDesignAward #UserInterfaceAward #DesignThinkingAward #DesignForCareAward #PackagingDesignAward #GreenDesignAward #RoboticsDesignAward #ESGactionAward

In recent years, DESIGN THINKING has really taken off as a business tool across a whole range of industries, commerce and organisations. Why should this be? As the name implies this methodology of thinking originated in the design profession. And as everyone knows, designers think in peculiar ways. So what is all the fuss about?? Probably the greatest success for Design Thinking is that it is an excellent tool for innovating and taking leaps of imagination. If you are seeking to achieve market leadership through innovation or the use of disruptive tech then Design Thinking is the method you should grab from the toolbox. In olden days, deep in the past, say about 48 months ago, engineers and business MBA's were trained to solve problems by linear analysis and breaking the things down into individual easily handled actions. Analysis and simplification based on known factors. Designers have always been forced to do things differently because in design you are dealing with concurrent complexity with factors which are largely unknown - and in the future. So the Design Thinking method is one in a spiral rather than linear. It is very much 3 dimensional rather than 2 dimensional from A to B. Design Thinking has been likened to juggling with many balls all at once. The great advantage of Design Thinking is that it allows a myriad of complex factors to be dealt with simultaneously. Tech, production, market, environment, materials, user UX and economics as well as strategic formulation. And it pays off as examples from MIT and IDEO can witness. The paradox is that the success of using Design Thinking is not easy to quantify. For this reason GDA Design Awards have included a special category for Design Thinking. It is important that the skills used in this system need to be recognised and awarded as is their due. If you are using or have used Design Thinking then make an application to the GDA Design Thinking award. It does not have to be a designed product as such. The product of Design Thinking can just as easily be a service system, a community event, an app or other immaterial product or platform. Think future. https://www.gda-awards.com/post/design-thinking-to-success #DesignThinkingSpiralsYouToSuccess #AnExcellentBusinessToolForTakingLeapsOfImagination #AnExcellentToolForInnovating #ThinkFuture #DesignThinkingSpiralerDigTilSucces #EtFremragendeForretningsværktøjTilAtTageFantasifuldeSpring #EtFremragendeVærktøjTilInnovation #TænkFremtiden #デザイン思考はあなたを成功へと導きます #想像力を飛躍させるための優れたビジネスツール #革新のための優れたツール #未来を考える #HowToImproveYourCV #GetTheCertificateThatWillHelpYouAdvanceInYourCareer #CarbonNeutral2050 #PostPandemic #NewWorldNewNormalNewBeginning #SådanForbedrerDuDitCV #FåCertifikatetDerVilHjælpeDigVidereIDinKarriere #国際デザイン賞 #あなたの履歴書を改善する方法 #キャリアアップに役立つ証明書を取得してください #カーボンニュートラル2050 #GDAawards #GreatDesignAwards #ネットゼロ2050 #GDA賞 #COP26 #Glasgow #DesignThinkingAward