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This entry is part 3 of 5 in the series AU2014<\/a><\/div>

The arena was packed.\u00a0 Wall to wall people.\u00a0 Everyone rushing around trying to find a seat.<\/p>\n

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Lynn Allen opened the keynote followed by a Back to the Future skit and 20 gun t-shirt launcher that shot shirts across the entire arena.<\/p>\n

Jeff Kowalski, CTO at Autodesk, discussed how nature produces design.\u00a0 He says that we need to stop thinking of our computers as drawing tools, start thinking of them as design tool.\u00a0 He went on to say that today computers are able to design in ways that humans cannot. \u00a0Generative design allows us to define the outcome and let the computer generate the design.<\/p>\n

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Designers need to ask… How could generative design help solve your problems? Could you actually add “life” to it? or “What if your competitors introduce a product that has life in it?<\/p>\n

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Carl Bass came on stage to rousing applause.\u00a0 In his usual casual manner, he started discussing how interactions with computers and design have changed.\u00a0 We use to interact with computers using just a keyboard and mouse.\u00a0 We now use point clouds.\u00a0 He then unveiled amazing point clouds and their uses.<\/p>\n

Announcements at the event included:<\/p>\n