Gadi Amit - a podcast by Kawal Oberoi

Gadi Amit is the Founder & President of NewDealDesign, a Strategic Technology Design Studio based in San Francisco. He is the person behind some of the most innovative and market-winning products in the last two decades. Some of the most notable product designs his studio has created include the design of Fitbit, the first Lytro camera, the Google Ara modular phone and Sproutling baby monitor. In 2013, Michelle Obama presented Gadi Amit with the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award for product design. Gadi Amit is passionate about creating design that is both socially responsible and generates real world success. On this episode, Gadi talks about his life, influences and his value system. He talks about his opinions on technology, design and ethics. We also talk about the design process behind Fitbit and Lytro camera. And Gadi shares his opinions on the future of wearable technology and Cyborg-ism.

RELEVANT LINKS

New Deal Design - https://www.newdealdesign.com
Kyoorius Design Yatra - https://www.designyatra.com
Tel Aviv - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tel_Aviv
STEM studies - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science,_technology,_engineering,_and_mathematics
Sierra Leone - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Leone
Hassan Fathi - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassan_Fathy
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design - http://www.bezalel.ac.il/en/
Jerusalem - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, Jerusalem- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidane_Mehret_Church,_Jerusalem
Bauhaus - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauhaus
First Macintosh - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_Classic
Scitex - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scitex_Vision
Rafi Holtzman - https://www.linkedin.com/in/rafiholtzman/
Model Maker - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_maker
Apple - https://www.apple.com (Just in case)
Jony Ive - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jony_Ive
Steve Jobs Biography - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs_(book)
Hartmut Esslinger - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartmut_Esslinger
Dieter Rams - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieter_Rams
Windows 95 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_95
Packard Bell - http://www.packardbell.com/index.html
Snow White design language - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_White_design_language
Dot-com bubble - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot-com_bubble
Lytro Camera - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lytro
Light Field Technology - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-field_camera
Ren Ng - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren_Ng
Kaleidoscope - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaleidoscope
Tech User Testing - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_research and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usability_testing
Ara Phone - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Ara
Ara Phone design by New Deal Design - https://www.newdealdesign.com/work/google-project-ara
Fitbit - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitbit and https://www.fitbit.com/in/home
Pedometer - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedometer
Fastcompany - https://www.fastcompany.com/person/gadi-amit
2008 Financial crisis - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_crisis_of_2007–2008
Linda Tischler - https://www.fastcompany.com/3058853/in-memory-of-linda-tischler
National Design Awards - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Design_Awards
Nuclear Football - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_football
Ethics of Technology - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics_of_technology
Machine Learning - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_learning
Graphical user interface - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_user_interface
Cyborgs - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyborg
Wearable Technology - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wearable_technology
Medical Assistive technology - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assistive_technology
Implantable User-Interface by New Deal Design - https://www.newdealdesign.com/work/project-underskin
Goa - https://www.lonelyplanet.com/india/goa

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