Industrial Design Lead, Google Nest
Katie Morgenroth is a lead on the Google Nest Industrial Design Team. Her team designs technology that doesn't look like what you might expect. The form factors feel familiar, inspired by the home with approachable shapes accentuated by inviting colors and soft textiles, and made from an ever-growing percentage of recycled content. With circularity in mind from the beginning, her team collaborates closely with many teams to design efficiently from the inside out, reducing waste and helping products to last the test of time.
Earth Compatible (co-presented with Adi Narayanan)
“Earth compatible” — a peek at the Google Hardware design team’s collaborative approach to designing for circularity.
At Google, our ambition is to leave people, the planet, and our communities better than we found them. In designing for circularity, we collaborate across teams to blend art and science to differentiate and solve the greatest challenge of our time, sustainability. This talk will give a peek behind the curtain at the design and materials engineering team’s approach to building circularity into many layers of the product experience.
In this session, you will learn:
