Tools to invent better futures
Experimental tools to align speculative and futures design with core values and life-centred thinking.
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Mend the world
It’s time to move away from sticker mentality.I am mending a sock.
It is slow and might seem irrational when new socks are cheap and easy to get. At least from the perspective of someone who has a job and a home in America. But it is honest work.
There comes a moment, a satisfying moment, when the l..
The most common mistake designers make when adjusting their bar charts
What to do if your values don’t fit?
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Reshaping Fashion
Exploring sustainability and up-cycling in fashion and design.Written by Craig Berry
Designer & Writer
Nike – Space Hippie ProductionA recent ‘trend’ in the fashion industry is big brands exploring sustainability in their product design and acknowledging and accepting responsibility for their carbon..
How UX engineers enable product innovation
Creative technology roles are becoming a critical part of innovation teams in Big Tech.Credit: phototechnoSometimes called a design technologist or creative technologist, the user experience engineer is a developer that plays in the space between creative and development. Adding a UXE to a team that..
In defence of the hairy line in drawings and sketches
In drawing, ‘hairy lines’ are generally considered ‘finished’ lines but that have not been resolved in certainty. A result of going back…
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How to lead a team by principles rather than process
Guiding principles of high-performing (UX) teams.
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What 21st-century design looks like
Don Norman and decolonial design.iMattSmart @UnsplashBack in October 2020 I had the pleasure to attend Don Norman’s Master Class transmitted by Interaction Design Foundation in which he presented the challenges to the discipline of Design and to all designers in the 21st century. To help me grasp a ..
The four approaches to fill the missing middle of Service Design
The Four Approaches to Fill the Missing Middle of Service DesignDuring its growth, Service Design focused heavily on definitions and its toolkit. But it failed to define what lies between these endpoints. While this is enough for practitioners, it falls short in the boardroom. Here we propose to fil..
Turning things around when everything sucks at work
Some tips to get overcome barriers and get things back on track
Photo by Jackson Simmer on UnsplashSometimes at work, the same issues can crop up so many times we start to think that things will never change, which makes us tired and resentful. Getting to that point is dangerous — we become negative..
