Sustainable design at UCLA

A presentation at Sustainability Action Research at UCLA in May 2020 in by Scott Gruber

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Sustainable design at UCLA.

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The UCLA brand encompasses the work of many different people. 15

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Are we building a culture of collaboration? 16

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Sharing Code 17

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Project Management 18

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Talking 19

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Design with people 20

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Design with people 21

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Design with people 22

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Design with people 23

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All the good things I’ve made at UCLA have been with other people. 25

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Working on a team takes patience takes empathy takes listening takes practice 27

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Learn how to give and receive feedback. 28

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“Avoid bad meetings at all costs if you’re looking to increase productivity.” 29

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Signs of a bad meeting… 30

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What do you want to build? 37

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“Design Systems are as much social as they are technical and we should think of them as communities and not just projects.” –Jina Anne 39

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Do we have a shared design language? 40

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Typography. Color palette. Logo. 41

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Should all our products look the same? 42

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Rules Strict Loose Parts Modular Integrated Organization Centralized Federated Distributed 43

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“Art direction is how to make someone feel through design.” –Andy Clarke 45

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UCLA culture is complex. Our design system needs to flexible and bespoke. 47

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What do you want to create at UCLA? 48

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Institute of the Environment and Sustainability Thank You scott.gruber@g.ucla.edu www.scottgruber.me @scott_gruber 4356 Life Sciences 50