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Category: Social Design

Change & Transformation Design Leadership Design Practice Human-Centered Design Policy Social Design South Asia Uncategorized

Designing to address desire, want and need in India

Come with me on a short journey in my recent post, “Design opportunities and challenges to address desire, want, and need in India,” to explore independence, socialism, scarcity, liberalization, Viksit Bharat@2047, situated knowledge, and shared contemporary product ecosystems.

4 weeks ago
Human-Centered Design Social Design

Design is not a neutral observer

Design is about applying human-centered design principles, frameworks, and practices to improve products and services for people and markets, impacting […]

2 months ago
Design Leadership Innovation Policy Social Design

Can Indian standards become world standards through design policy?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered a speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort in commemoration of the 78th Independence […]

1 year ago
Design Practice Human-Centered Design Innovation Policy Social Design Uncategorized

Better Worlds? Yes, but not the unified future we may be thinking of.

Humans have wonderful capabilities to use their imagination, creativity and ingenuity to contemplate the future and continually improve every level […]

5 years ago
Design Practice Human-Centered Design Innovation Interviews Policy Social Design

Advocating for more equitable futures : Interview with Chris Rudd

We are living in turbulent times. Many familiar social, political and economic constructs are being upended, causing jarring turbulences. Recent […]

6 years ago
Artificial Intelligence Automation Human-Centered Design Social Design Technology

Your attention please : Welcome to your eco chamber

When social platforms were introduced in 2009, their main purpose was to connect people based on common interests. Sharing life’s […]

6 years ago
Design Practice Interviews Social Design

Museums as products of the mind : An interview with Tanner Woodford

Many people believe that while museums may be interesting places to visit, they are usually heavily curated, backwards-looking destinations expressed […]

6 years ago
Social Design work and labor

A virtual collaboration crash course in the age of pandemics

The physical world was — and continues to be — the touch stone for most of the global workforce. While […]

6 years ago
Human-Centered Design Social Design

A dispatch from human-centered design

After years of working for consultancies, enterprises, and universities, I hear one refrain over and over again: “We want to […]

6 years ago
Artificial Intelligence Automation Computational Design Innovation Policy Social Design Technology Uncategorized

Implementing the future is the hard part

Alphabet, the Google parent company has committed to creating a futuristic 500 acre city in Toronto Canada. SidewalkLabs is envisioning […]

7 years ago
Innovation Policy Social Design Technology

Navigating the Chaos of Unintended Consequences

Progress is usually treated as something positive as the very word is enjoyable to say and implies that a goal […]

7 years ago
Innovation Social Design

“The only thing we can be is optimistic”

At a recent Dutch Design week, a panel discussion was chaired by Dezeen founder and editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs as part […]

7 years ago

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