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The FuelBand by Nike, which has become an unlikely leader in wearable computing.


&ldquo;We&rsquo;re on the tail end of technology being special,&rdquo; says&nbsp;John Maeda, president of the Rhode Island School of Design. &ldquo;The automobile was a weird alien technology when it first debuted, then, after a while, it evolved and designers stepped in to add value to it.&rdquo; &hellip;
Now, Mr. Maeda said, this shift has happened to technology, be it computers, smartphones or the iPad Mini.
&ldquo;We have this exciting next step for design,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Now that we have enough technology to do anything, design can now begin to be better than the technology itself.&rdquo; &hellip;
The worship of design has also taken designers out of the back offices and into top executive jobs. Engineers are still in the mix, to be sure. But they don&rsquo;t rule the roost in product development, which may also be why tech products are easier to use, more human.


Design is Driving Technology Forward | NYT