Curiosity is an Innovation | Cassini Nazir | TEDxUNT

Individuals need to be more curious in a world swimming in information, according to Cassini Nazir, a program director and clinical associate professor at UNT at Frisco, who teaches classes in design thinking and interaction design. He asks if adults can once again grasp curiosity – and if so, what will we do with it? Dr. Cassini Nazir is a program director and clinical associate professor at UNT, where he teaches classes in design thinking and interaction design. In Spring 2020, he served as designer-in-residence for SMU’s Master of Arts in Design and Innovation. Prior to UNT, Dr. Nazir taught at UT Dallas, where he was founding director of the ATEC Usability Lab. He also served as director of design for ArtSciLab, a transdisciplinary research lab helping the arts, science and technology communities by pursuing initiatives of societal urgency and cultural timeliness. He has collaborated with art historians, biochemists, brain scientists, futurists, materials scientists and new media artists. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx