Gadi Amit

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