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Taste

On subjectivity, gatekeeping, and the risk of leaving design industry terms like taste undefined.

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Spatial computing: What designers can learn from Invisible Cities

What designers can learn from Italo Calvino’s book Invisible Cities to design for AR and VR.

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Accepting Design

Learning to separate the craft of making digital products from the industry we’re in.

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Inclusivity should not be W.E.I.R.D: long-lasting inclusive technology

We can change history by enlightening the dark corners of technology.

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Can a bridge be unethical?

Design is inherently ethical. Our methods aren’t.

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The aesthetics of our new fictions

Visual symbols are powerful ways to make social constructs —from fashion to government— feel legitimate, trustworthy, and familiar.

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Genderless design is a myth

Design can never truly be free of culture, gender, and bias. Our pursuit of a neutral and universal design may bring us to modernism, minimalism...

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A brief history of the numeric keypad

Picture the keypad of a telephone and calculator side by side. Can you see the subtle difference between the two without resorting to your smartphone?

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Returning to Craft

How returning to the craft taught me to be a better leader.

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The designer’s gaze

The unintended consequences of our designs also have the same effect on the world as the intended consequences.