#90 Design, Creativity, AI, Imagination, Foundation Studies and Apple with Silia Abou Arbid

Silia Abou Arbid is an architect, designer and educator. A unique individual in the way she thinks and does things. She taught over 8000 to date. She’s been an influential figure in my personal growth as a designer, teacher and professional. We go through her backstory at the very end.

Where to find Silia:

• Email: https://sard.lau.edu.lb/about/people/silia-abou-arbid.php

• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/silia-abou-arbid-turf-c-94ba9120/

Maria:

• X: https://go.ggutt.com/x

• Linkedin: https://go.ggutt.com/maria-linkedin

• YouTube: http://go.ggutt.com/videos

• TikTok: https://go.ggutt.com/tiktok

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 Intro

• 00.27.4 Welcome and setting the scene

• 02.10.9 Getting started 

• 04.28.9 What to expect from this episode

• 05.02.9 Going back to the roots. Origin 0.

• 07.32.4 What makes design exciting

• 09.03.3 Ideas

• 13.00.4 Why design is essential in business 

• 17.50.6 Drawing the line between the ideals of design and the market out there

•  25.33.1 Origin 0

• 30.33.5 Head, heart, hand

• 33.35.0 Touch

• 38.03.8 Relationship between designers and engineers

• 43.39.9 Foundation studies in design

• 53.15.8 Creativity

• 01.00.25.5 Bending reality - AI today 

• 01.11.06.9 What keeps her going

• 01.11.34.4 What she is proud of

• 01.13.58.8 Getting humans to go beyond their wildest dreams

• 01.19.54.3 The Apple story

• 1.27.30.8 Oneness of things

• 1.28.39.1 The oxymoron

• 1.33.44.3 Jonny Ive 

• 1.37.01.2 Relationship with her ggutt

• 1.41.25.3 Silia’s backstory: a keen interest in design since childhood