ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Paolo Cardini - Designer
Paolo Cardini is a product designer who asks serious questions about how we live -- and answers them with whimsical and playful designs.

Why you should listen

Paolo Cardini likes asking some important questions about the way we live, like: Does multitasking actually help us become more efficient? How far will social networking go? Who are the players in the myriad conflicts in the Arab world? What is the next frontier in product development? -- and trying to answer them with playful designs, like his I Like Sit chaise lounge, which updates your Facebook status depending on your position, and MiddleField, a foosball table depicting different players in the Middle East. For TEDGlobal 2012 Cardini created a unique product called the MONOtask project. To help you deal with your overly multitasked life, Cardini has designed 3D-printed smartphone covers that "downgrade" your phone to be much dumber. Download your own cover plans and start monotasking >>

Cardini is currently an MFA Design Assistant Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar.

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Paolo Cardini | Speaker | TED.com
TEDGlobal 2012

Paolo Cardini: Forget multitasking, try monotasking

Paolo Cardini: Esqueçam a multifuncionalidade, experimentem a monofuncionalidade

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As pessoas já não estão só a cozinhar -- estão a cozinhar, a mandar mensagens, a falar ao telefone, a acompanhar o YouTube e a carregar fotos da refeição incrível que acabaram de fazer. O designer Paolo Cardini questiona a eficiência do nosso mundo de multitarefas e defende -- pasme-se -- as "monotarefas". As suas capas para smartphones impressas a 3D talvez ajudem.
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I'm a designerdesigner and an educatoreducador.
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Sou designer e professor.
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I'm a multitaskingmultitarefa personpessoa, and I pushempurrar my studentsalunos
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Sou uma pessoa multitarefas e encorajo os meus alunos
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to flymosca throughatravés a very creativecriativo, multitaskingmultitarefa designdesenhar processprocesso.
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a adoptar um processo de design
muito criativo e multifunções.
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But how efficienteficiente is, really, this multitaskingmultitarefa?
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Mas quão eficiente é realmente
esta multifuncionalidade?
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Let's considerconsiderar for a while the optionopção of monotaskingmonotasking.
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Vamos considerar por agora
a opção da monofuncionalidade.
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A couplecasal of examplesexemplos.
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Alguns exemplos.
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Look at that.
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Olhem para isto.
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This is my multitaskingmultitarefa activityatividade resultresultado. (LaughterRiso)
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Este é o resultado da minha
actividade multifuncional. (Risos)
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So tryingtentando to cookcozinhar, answeringrespondendo the phonetelefone, writingescrevendo SMSSMS,
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A tentar cozinhar, atender o telefone, enviar SMS's,
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and maybe uploadingfazer upload some picturesAs fotos
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e talvez a carregar algumas fotografias
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about this awesomeimpressionante barbecuechurrasco.
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deste incrível churrasco.
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So someonealguém tellsconta us the storyhistória about supertaskerssupertaskers,
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Contam-nos histórias dos superfuncionais,
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so this two percentpor cento of people who are ablecapaz
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aqueles 2% de pessoas que são capazes
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to controlao controle multitaskingmultitarefa environmentmeio Ambiente.
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de controlar um ambiente multitarefas.
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But what about ourselvesnós mesmos, and what about our realityrealidade?
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Mas o que dizer de nós e da nossa realidade?
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When'sQuando do the last time you really enjoyedgostei
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Qual foi a última vez em que realmente apreciaram
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just the voicevoz of your friendamigos?
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apenas a voz de um amigo vosso?
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So this is a projectprojeto I'm workingtrabalhando on,
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Este é o projecto em que estou a trabalhar
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and this is a seriesSeries of frontfrente coverscobre
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e esta é uma série de capas
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to downgradedowngrade our supersuper, hyperhiper
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para reduzir os nossos super, hiper --
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(LaughterRiso) (ApplauseAplausos)
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(Risos) (Aplausos)
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to downgradedowngrade our supersuper, hyper-mobilehiper-mobile phonestelefones
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para reduzir os nossos super, hiper-telemóveis
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into the essenceessência of theirdeles functionfunção.
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à essência da sua função.
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AnotherOutro exampleexemplo: Have you ever been to VeniceVeneza?
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Outro exemplo: alguma vez estiveram em Veneza?
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How beautifulbonita it is to loseperder ourselvesnós mesmos in these little streetsruas
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Quão bonito não é perdermo-nos
nestas ruas estreitas
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on the islandilha.
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da ilha.
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But our multitaskingmultitarefa realityrealidade is prettybonita differentdiferente,
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Mas a nossa realidade multitarefas é bem diferente,
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and fullcheio of tonstoneladas of informationem formação.
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e cheia de toneladas de informação.
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So what about something like that
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Que tal, então, uma coisa como esta
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to rediscoverredescobrir a our sensesentido of adventureaventura?
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para redescobrir o nosso sentido de aventura?
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I know that it could soundsom prettybonita weirdesquisito to speakfalar about monomono
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Eu sei que pode soar um bocadinho
estranho falar de mono
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when the numbernúmero of possibilitiespossibilidades is so hugeenorme,
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quando o número de possibilidades é tão grande,
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but I pushempurrar you to considerconsiderar the optionopção of
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mas encorajo-vos a considerar a opção
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focusingconcentrando on just one tasktarefa,
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de se focarem em apenas uma tarefa,
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or maybe turninggiro your digitaldigital sensessentidos totallytotalmente off.
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ou talvez de desligarem completamente
os vossos sentidos digitais.
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So nowadayshoje em dia, everyonetodos could produceproduzir his monomono productprodutos.
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Hoje em dia, toda a gente
poderia produzir o seu mono-produto.
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Why not? So find your monotaskmonotask spotlocal
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Porque não? Portanto procurem
o vosso espaço monotarefa
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withindentro the multitaskingmultitarefa worldmundo.
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neste mundo de multitarefas.
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Thank you.
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Obrigado.
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Translated by Rafael Galupa
Reviewed by Cátia Monteiro

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Paolo Cardini - Designer
Paolo Cardini is a product designer who asks serious questions about how we live -- and answers them with whimsical and playful designs.

Why you should listen

Paolo Cardini likes asking some important questions about the way we live, like: Does multitasking actually help us become more efficient? How far will social networking go? Who are the players in the myriad conflicts in the Arab world? What is the next frontier in product development? -- and trying to answer them with playful designs, like his I Like Sit chaise lounge, which updates your Facebook status depending on your position, and MiddleField, a foosball table depicting different players in the Middle East. For TEDGlobal 2012 Cardini created a unique product called the MONOtask project. To help you deal with your overly multitasked life, Cardini has designed 3D-printed smartphone covers that "downgrade" your phone to be much dumber. Download your own cover plans and start monotasking >>

Cardini is currently an MFA Design Assistant Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar.

More profile about the speaker
Paolo Cardini | Speaker | TED.com

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