Linda Pulik
Independent Design Consultant, Honeywell Technology Solutions Lab,
Bangalore
Linda is currently working with the Strategy and UCD groups at Honeywell to formalize Design Thinking as a general practice, focusing on design for Indian and global markets. She draws from her previous experience leading research activities at design consultancies in
Chicago.
Prior to entering the field of design, Linda was a high school teacher and still nurses an interest in Genetics which began with a BSc in molecular Biology at the University of Calgary. Linda is also an adjunct professor at the IIT Institute of Design in Chicago, teaching graduate classes in Product Design
Day 2: December 13th, 2007
Breakout Session: Round 1
Design in the Information Age
8:30 a.m. - 9:10 a.m.
Design from Half a World Away: The efficacy of remote research
As the Indian economy continues to grow, its transformation through design necessitates increased collaboration between designers in India and their counterparts abroad. In this session we will discuss the results of a course sponsored by Honeywell, taught concurrently at the Institute of Design (Chicago) and IIT Mumbai, focused on increasing the footprint of health care workers in rural India.
One of the most interesting outcomes of the collaboration was that students essentially 'proved' the efficacy of remote research. This will be illustrated by way of a comparison of design concepts developed by students in Mumbai and those of their counterparts half a world away in Chicago.
