Japanese industrial design 1960s-1980s
I recently read about how transistor technology enabled a whole new range of products, or at least the shrinking of products. Japan was an early adopter of transistors…
Category: design
Consider the Budget Airline Deployment (B.A.D.)
Tech is a sector that’s full of hype, and of utopian promises. Social media will revive democracy! AI will cure cancer and solve the climate crisis! Some of…
Corporation-centered Design
We hear a lot about user centered design, and human centered design, and occasionally about post human centered design: Ways to shift the thinking of designers to the…
Toys & Substractive Design
We have a little kid, coming up on 3 years. Which means we have a lot of toys. Often, toys arrive with lots of little details attached. Then…
A list of resources for ethical, responsible, and public interest tech development
For an upcoming day of teaching I started compiling a list of resources relevant for the ethical, responsible development of tech, especially public interest tech. This list is…
How to build a responsible Internet of Things
Over the last few years, we have seen an explosion of new products and services that bridge the gap between the internet and the physical world: The Internet…
Toolkits for designers & developers around ethics, privacy & security
At SimplySecure’s excellent Underexposed conference we discussed the importance of making it easier for those involved in making connected products and services to make safe, secure, and privacy-conscious…