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: Glöm multitasking, pröva monotasking

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Människor lagar inte längre bara mat -- de lagar mat, skickar SMS, pratar i telefon, tittar på YouTube och laddar upp bilder på den goda maten de just lagade. Designer Paolo Cardini ifrågasätter effektiviteten i vår multitaskande värld och slår ett slag för -- hör och häpna -- "monotasking". Hans charmerande 3D-utskrivna smartphone-skal kanske kan hjälpa.
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I'm a designerdesigner and an educatorpedagog.
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Jag är designer och utbildare.
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I'm a multitaskingmultitasking personperson, and I pushskjuta på my studentsstudenter
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Jag är en multitaskande person,
och jag uppmanar mina elever
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to flyflyga throughgenom a very creativekreativ, multitaskingmultitasking designdesign processbearbeta.
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att flyga igenom en mycket kreativ,
multitaskande designprocess.
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But how efficienteffektiv is, really, this multitaskingmultitasking?
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Men hur effektiv är multitasking, egentligen?
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Let's consideröverväga for a while the optionalternativ of monotaskingmonotasking.
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Låt oss för en stund betrakta
alternativet monotasking
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A couplepar of examplesexempel.
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Ett par exempel.
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Look at that.
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Titta på det där.
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This is my multitaskingmultitasking activityaktivitet resultresultat. (LaughterSkratt)
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Det är resultatet av min multitasking.
(skratt)
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So tryingpåfrestande to cookkock, answeringsvar the phonetelefon, writingskrift SMSSMS,
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Att försöka laga mat, svara i telefon, skriva SMS,
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and maybe uploadingLadda upp some picturesbilder
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och kanske ladda upp ett par bilder
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about this awesomegrymt bra barbecuegrillplats.
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om den fantastiska grillningen.
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So someonenågon tellsberättar us the storyberättelse about supertaskerssupertaskers,
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Så någon berättar om supertaskers,
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so this two percentprocent of people who are ablestånd
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de två procent av befolkningen som kan
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to controlkontrollera multitaskingmultitasking environmentmiljö.
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hantera en multitaskande omgivning.
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But what about ourselvesoss själva, and what about our realityverklighet?
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Men vi själva då, och vår verklighet?
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When'sNär the last time you really enjoyedåtnjöt
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När uppskattade du senast på riktigt
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just the voiceröst of your friendvän?
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bara ljudet av din väns röst?
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So this is a projectprojekt I'm workingarbetssätt on,
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Så det här är ett projekt jag arbetar på,
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and this is a seriesserier of frontfrämre coversomslag
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och det är en serie mobilskydd
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to downgradenedgradering our supersuper, hyperHyper
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för att nedgradera vår super, hyper ---
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(LaughterSkratt) (ApplauseApplåder)
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to downgradenedgradering our supersuper, hyper-mobileHyper-mobile phonestelefoner
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för att nedgradera vår super, hyper-mobiltelefon
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into the essenceväsen of theirderas functionfungera.
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till själva essensen av deras funktion.
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AnotherEn annan exampleexempel: Have you ever been to VeniceVenedig?
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Ett annat exempel: Har du nånsin varit i Venedig?
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How beautifulvacker it is to loseförlora ourselvesoss själva in these little streetsgator
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Hur vackert det är att
gå vilse på de små gatorna
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on the islandö.
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på ön.
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But our multitaskingmultitasking realityverklighet is prettySöt differentannorlunda,
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Men vår multitaskande verklighet är rätt annorlunda,
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and fullfull of tonston of informationinformation.
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och fylld med tonvis av information.
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So what about something like that
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Så vad sägs om nånting såntdär
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to rediscoveråterupptäcka our sensekänsla of adventureäventyr?
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för att återupptäcka vår känsla av äventyr?
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I know that it could soundljud prettySöt weirdkonstig to speaktala about monomono
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Jag vet att det kan låta
ganska skumt att prata om mono
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when the numbersiffra of possibilitiesmöjligheter is so hugeenorm,
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när antalet möjligheter är så stort,
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but I pushskjuta på you to consideröverväga the optionalternativ of
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men jag uppmanar dig
att fundera på alternativet
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focusingfokusera on just one taskuppgift,
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att fokusera på en enda uppgift,
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or maybe turningvändning your digitaldigital senseskänner totallytotalt off.
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eller kanske stänga av dina digitala sinnen helt.
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So nowadaysNu för tiden, everyonealla could produceproducera his monomono productprodukt.
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Nuförtiden, så kan alla
producera en mono-produkt.
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Why not? So find your monotaskmonotask spotfläck
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Varför inte? Hitta din monotask-jämvikt
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withininom the multitaskingmultitasking worldvärld.
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inom den multitaskande världen.
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Thank you.
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Tack så mycket.
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Translated by Daniel Deimert
Reviewed by Ioannis Bompotas

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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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