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…
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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…
Quick Thoughts on the Metaverse
For some time now, the term metaverse has been the hottest buzz word in tech, giving even stalwarts like blockchain and NFTs a run for their money. All…
What Can Designers Learn From Political Science?
As part of ThingsCon‘s RIOT Report — our annual essay collection about the State of Responsible Internet of Things — I wrote an article drawing parallels between the challenges we…
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…
Better Social Networks
We’ve been seeing regulators around the world taking a strong stance against Big Tech. From China blocking one of the world’s largest IPOs to the anti-trust moves against…
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…