Design Dialogues http://designdialogues.com Reflections on the future from a point in present Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:44:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 What Jaron said … http://designdialogues.com/what-jaron-said/ http://designdialogues.com/what-jaron-said/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:44:34 +0000 Designdialogues http://designdialogues.com/?p=901 Today’s New York Times places Jaron Lanier as a central voice contra-pundit to the extremes of discourse in the SOPA/PIPA copyright controversies. I’ve posted my thoughts directly in response to other articles. Jaron’s is one of the long-range views that actually comes from insight into multiple industries and the effects of poor decisions made a . . . → Read More: What Jaron said …]]> http://designdialogues.com/what-jaron-said/feed/ 0 Designing a Future for our Future http://designdialogues.com/designing-a-future-for-our-future/ http://designdialogues.com/designing-a-future-for-our-future/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:28:59 +0000 Designdialogues http://designdialogues.com/?p=897 You know the Singularity is coming. Get ready for The Multiplicity.

The workshop entices participants to co-create a future in collaboration as an act of personal foresight. We take on the creation of possible personal scenarios that confront the future opportunities for humanity, positioning our inherent multiplicities as creative narratives to counter the technologically-determined future . . . → Read More: Designing a Future for our Future]]> http://designdialogues.com/designing-a-future-for-our-future/feed/ 0 What’s Your Occupation? http://designdialogues.com/whats-your-occupation/ http://designdialogues.com/whats-your-occupation/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 03:02:12 +0000 Designdialogues http://designdialogues.com/?p=894 We have been working with Occupy Toronto for a few weeks now, and have even ramped up the engagement since the camp came down mid-week.

Grad students and even president Sara Diamond from OCAD University have been involved , along with the Design Exchange, with two major community events located (ironically enough) in the deco-era . . . → Read More: What’s Your Occupation?]]> http://designdialogues.com/whats-your-occupation/feed/ 0 Apple’s Insanely Great Business Strategy http://designdialogues.com/apples-insanely-great-business-strategy/ http://designdialogues.com/apples-insanely-great-business-strategy/#comments Sat, 19 Nov 2011 17:43:09 +0000 Designdialogues http://designdialogues.com/?p=888 Fast Company online presents an infodense infographic on Apple’s Macintosh product evolution and its fit to long-term business strategy.

 “And then Steve Jobs came back. Sure, he refocused the company on designing great products. But he also pulled off the corporate strategy that he succinctly described as “stopping all the crap.” As a B-school professor . . . → Read More: Apple’s Insanely Great Business Strategy]]> http://designdialogues.com/apples-insanely-great-business-strategy/feed/ 0 The Unintended Consequences of Uncaring Automation http://designdialogues.com/the-unintended-consequences-of-uncaring-automation/ http://designdialogues.com/the-unintended-consequences-of-uncaring-automation/#comments Sun, 30 Oct 2011 20:11:10 +0000 Designdialogues http://designdialogues.com/?p=882 I’m completing the final sections of the manuscript for the two-year project researching and writing the Rosenfeld Media book Design for Care.   A central theme weaving together the 8 chapters is systemic design, the adoption of a whole system (social cybernetic) approach to the complex design situations in healthcare.  Variations in this thinking range from . . . → Read More: The Unintended Consequences of Uncaring Automation]]> http://designdialogues.com/the-unintended-consequences-of-uncaring-automation/feed/ 0