FUTURE- Does it happen or do we Make it?

The best way to predict the future is to invent it – Alan Kay

Future, the time period after present…does it happen or do we make it? This is a very contradicting question. Some say future depends on our past activities and some say future holds something better. So what exactly is future all about? It is something which will happen tomorrow, no matter what.

We certainly look at our future and plan it. We know what we will do tomorrow. We plan our tomorrow for our better future, which means we make it. At the same time, we can’t predict future. No matter how much we plan our tomorrow, we can’t control it. Things will happen the way it has to and we cannot change it, as you cannot escape your fate, which means that future happens. So what is it actually?

Future is subjective and varies from person to person. I believe future happens. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes. Future is what will happen tomorrow, how much ever we may run from it. Future is unpredictable and unseen. It is tomorrow, which none of us have experienced. We live in present and dream about future. Tomorrow is a mysterious possibility, not yet born. A quote by Douglas Adams " I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be" describes that even if we plan our future, what is written in our destiny shall happen. Tomorrow is a dream which we cannot touch, but if we follow them, they will lead us to our destiny.

The past gives you an identity and the future holds the promise of salvation, of fulfillment in whatever form. Both are illusions - E. H. CHAPIN

Does Future Happens Or it is Made?

The very first day of this assignment was thinking...and just thinking that does future happens or we make it ourselves.
Ones it seems...we made our future as what we have done today that will decides what will happen tomorrow.It is important to be grounded in the past and to learn from it.Your experiences will always helps you to shape you future in better way.
But what happens is always unpredictable which is beyond human control as natural climates and lots of things which just happens.When we think that we have absolute control on our future it just happens..
So we always try to shape our future by our actions of today and plannings for tomorrow but future is going to happen,no matter what we want to make it.
So future is always mystery for us which we always try to shape in our own way but it still remains mystery for us.

Does future happen or is it made ??

The day when we got this assignment ..was thinking ...and re-thinking...in big dilemma...some time if you look at facts..it seems..we MADE our future on the other hand if we see natural calamities and things which we have never thought of ...made us think that it HAPPENS....due to some chain reaction.

Some people view the future with wishful thinking . Dreams like winning the lottery or sitting in front of Amithab on the HOT SEAT ..and being a milliner in few hours....having house on sea side ...People have loads of dreams & visions of grandeur.

Some questions made us think on above question ...What will happen if we don't Recycle ?, What do you see and what are you doing about this ? , How Ratan Tata , Henry Ford found the future and made it happen ?

Its a big dilemma ....let's being our quest to consider the importance of thinking about our future with the intention of doing something to MAKE IT HAPPEN!!!

Does the future happen or is it made?

The statement, does future happen or is it made is almost like the riddle what came first the chicken or the egg. Everything is certain and uncertain to a degree in these statements. The future is going to happen, no matter what, no matter how, and at the same time what we do
now shapes up our future. Our actions today affect what we are going to do tomorrow. In that sense the future is also made. But this becomes contextually when we look at our selves. I'm more in control of how i would shape up my future than say somebody else. So in my
context it is made and hence it is happening the way i see it would happen. But then there are other parameters which i have no control over. Like me wanting to write this piece sometime back but the festive season was more exciting.

Future, is contextual and subjective. And its probably the one thing that everyone wants to have a vision over. An aspiration, a desire or a pathway of how it would turn out and how they would like to shape it. Ones future is some thing one desires to have as much control as possible. and would love to believe that they are as much in control as possible. Like as i write this i read about Steve Jobs death. A billionaire, who revolutionized technology, altered and designed the future of computers, peoples lives, gave it a certain direction. He changed the way people would look at, listening to music, communicate and design. He changed peoples future and the way things would work. For him, he was in absolute control of his vision for apple. He made his future. But was still not in control, cancer happened. So as much as we feel we make our future, there are elements that make it happen for us.

Hence I feel, t future is made that is why it happens. But also the future happens that is why its made. :)

Design Process: A Reflection

So here we are ...to share our views on Design Process...Reflection on us..from last 3 days study...

* We have started with a very normal product which we used in our day to day life...Handkerchief ...which is now replaced with wet or dry tissues/wipes...which was quite interesting ..and during our presentation we came across with lot of new aspects of a Simple product..from its uses to manufacturing ....different age groups..occasions ...keeping all this in mind we have to create our own product ..which has to be different and have feature so that it can attract its target audience...Brand name to its relation with our product .

*Than we have to create our own class Blog...which was a great idea..to share your point of vies on same topic..and we can access it at our ease ....."why do we need Design ?''...made us re-think about Design ....in our day to day life..how we can make our life simpler with help of design.

*We have to buy product which cost only 10/- RS. , which was real challenge for all of us.....after getting all the stuff ....surprise to see how 10/- is still have so much value and we can get many things with in it...in my case clutch pencil which I've got in 5/- was really amazing .

*Product bought by us ...exchange with each other and told us to re - design the whole concept ,which was quite challenging ..coz that product was as simple as it can be ..in the price range we have bought it.

*On the next day ...we have to subtract or add in the same product ...it was a interesting task....people come up with lot of good ideas.

During our each presentation ..we all came up with good ideas...and we got the opportunity to exchange our ideas and views in the class room.

does the future really HAPPEN?? or is it made???

I have been thinking since the past 2 days,,what is future? tommorrow,,what will happen tommorrow, do we know what will happen today? do we know now, yes to an extent i know now i am sitting on my laptop , breathing, and thinking, would i be doing the same tommorrow, same time, i don't know. But do i know what will happen tommorrow same time? yes the sun will rise aprroximtely same time, there will be noon and dawn, but will there be an earthquake tommorow which will engulf everything that is here today?? i don't know , I am not God. yes but the weather forecast says, all is well! That gives me some consolation.
The dilemma here is perception. But the point of thought is , there are some things which we can control, our internal factors, our thought process , but the external demands more wisdom and, perhaps randomness, it is beyond human control, through my understanding of my past experiences and patterns, there are certainities which one can control and devise a plan for. Based on past experiences and certain things which one assumes and forecasts, but there are also certain things which are random and beyond one's control, a combination and permutation of that will be future.

OUR 3 DayS ExpeRieNce
On the very first we all come in class with very blank thoughts.we were completely unaware about this course and the assignments related to this.Now we came up with our first assignment,we have to find out what will be the better replacement for the handkerchief.
our next assignment was that we have to buy any product worth Rs.10/ only.
During this entire process we came to know the whole criteria that why we need to redesign a product.How we can fulfill the demand of market or users by design.This entire process also helps us to understand individual perspectives of users towards our product so that we can design better products which will make their life easier.