Gael Welstead

🌞 People + Design + Nature + Systems 🌍 Design @gocommonthread Ambassador @SoDesignHistory Mentor @mega_mentor 🪄 I can make crisps disappear ✨

[Gael Welstead @gaelwelstead]

How it started How it's going
(Adams 1932) (Burtynsky 2011)

[Gael Welstead @gaelwelstead]

From a quick google I can see spiral theories in tech and engineering. Curious to learn about this.
As usual I have more questions than answers. More soon! #thinkingoutloud

[Gael Welstead @gaelwelstead]

I see a lot of talk about the future of #humancentreddesign

A design methodology should bake in ethical practice, and solve for people while deeply considering their context and environment.

So I’ve been thinking about spiralising the design process.

🧵

[Gael Welstead @gaelwelstead]

Making decisions about whose needs and which constraints to prioritise is the role of the designer… I hope the future of #humancentreddesign is about learning what works now, continuing to ask the right questions and prioritising the priorities of those that matter most.

[Gael Welstead @gaelwelstead]

@hochkant Thank you! Much appreciated

[Gael Welstead @gaelwelstead]

Confounded by the overwhelming belief that #ai is the future when it feels more like a black mirror, churning derivative ideas from the best and worst of humanity…?

It’s the opposite of imagining better futures for humanity and planet, which is what we really need rn

[Gael Welstead @gaelwelstead]

The sheer joy of trying to get one paper copy of a bill when you're paperless 😭 cc @O2 @BritishGas

[Gael Welstead @gaelwelstead]

@Edinburgh_CC it's very easy to apply for a discount on your council tax but very hard to remove them? Please help #servicedesign

[Gael Welstead @gaelwelstead]

Incredible move by @LankellyChase and top of mind this week as thinking about decolonisation work @gocommonthread

UK charity foundation to abolish itself and give away £130m https://t.co/BLyj65LQu2

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@EmRoseBaz https://t.co/LR3uOydeWj will do it for you with all the fonts available on your computer. V useful if you don’t want to buy new ones

[Gael Welstead @gaelwelstead]

Thank goodness @gocommonthread is really supportive of my professional development in gif making

[Gael Welstead @gaelwelstead]

How might we use #biomimicry to reflect on our @gocommonthread retreat in a Polish forest?

[Gael Welstead @gaelwelstead]

Is the inquiry cycle in UK politics actually a great example of iteration in action?

[Gael Welstead @gaelwelstead]

@vcastillo630 It was brilliant! Thanks to you both for giving your time :)

[Gael Welstead @gaelwelstead]

‘The experience and skills acquired by behavioral scientists in the Global South applying a systems lens to behavior change is something behavioral scientists in the Global North could look to.’
👏to my colleagues @LydiaTrupe @PKabitsis
https://t.co/2sXTK9sgnD via @behscientist

[Gael Welstead @gaelwelstead]

BRB going to Brussels, maybe

[🌱John Hyphen🚲 @JohnHyphen]

not only is public transport free in Brussels, but they even have a bus called "Not The 48" which takes you to a mystery location if you're feeling a bit down or you just don't have anything to do that day

something for other cities to consider

[Gael Welstead @gaelwelstead]

Is the departure lounge the 21st C walled town?