MY NEW SILVER CARDS

My Hypothesis on new age design professions…


Artist Designers – Scenography designers, Character & Avatar artists & designers, Graphics, Furniture, Artifacts

Product Designers – Interactions & experience designers, Gesture & Movement designers, artifacts with personalised character and behaviour designers, CMFs and details designers, Form & Expression givers, Design strategists, Universal Designers

Clothing designers – Textiles, Fibres, Material Designers, Ensemblers, Indigenous Crafts, Lifestylers, Accessorisers, Stylists

Communication Designers - Conversation & Language designers, Inclusive Designers, Message & Content designers, Navigation designers, Information designers, Creative controllers, Brand designers, Media Strategists

Tech Designers – Experimenters, Makers, Prototypers, Detail & expression givers, AI Designers, IOT, Extended Reality creators

Concept Designers – Setters of new design & Innovation directions, Trend setters, Design Futurists, Story Tellers, Dreamers

Social Designers – Contextual Thinkers, Human, Environment, Sustainability centred, Digital Humanities

Service Designers – Service Blueprint designers, Inclusive designers, Self enterprise model designers, Experience designers

System Designers – Complex Problem Solvers, Strategists, Design Management, Policy makers, Design Lifecycle planners

Ravishankar April 2022

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