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In the Bubble: Designing in a Complex World

John Thackara

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Design as Participation

Kevin Slavin jods.mitpress.mit.edu

Wild Hope: Indy Johar Keynote

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There will always be designers to design the Hummers and the bumper stickers, and there will always be designers to make websites to propagate the warnings and promises of David Foster Wallace. But a new generation of designers has emerged, concerned with designing strategies to subvert this “natural default-setting” in which each person... See more

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How to Thrive in the Next Economy: Designing Tomorrow's World Today

John Thackara

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The Necessity of a Boring Revolution

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Excellent Advice for Living: Kevin Kelly’s Life-Tested Wisdom He Wished He Knew Earlier

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Scott Belsky Talk at South Park Commons

Often designs from frustration
Right now, greater skill is being brought by compute and developing a democratization of many things (code, design, etc.). Because of this, taste will probably be the most important skill
Taste is derived from culture and overlap of industries
Because of that, there is no where