background Zombie Technologies Why we need to reimagine our future This article is originally published at Envisioning. When we google the words “futuristic city,” the image above…
opinion Why We Need Design Sociology “Man becomes, as it were, the sex organs of the machine world, as the bee of the plant world, enabling it to fecundate and…
DDW Manifestations (DDW): We Are All Monsters Monsters are everywhere. In different sizes and shapes. In disguise or in plain sight. Sweet monsters, evil monsters, adorable and scary ones. There is…
opinion Don’t be like Wylie “Who do I trust?” Christopher Wylie repeats the question so slowly that you can hear his brain cracking. After some stuttering, he admits: “I…
classics best sold 12-inch ever: Blue Monday Last week, the ‘definite’ edition of New Order’s Power, Corruption & Lies was released. Thirty-seven years ago the first single of the recording session…
opinion Why designers should watch Westworld What does the explosive growth of Artificial Intelligence (AI) mean for humans? Do we have to worry? Will we become slaves to our own…
review Technology is nature Reviewing Koert van Mensvoort’s Next Nature There are two options: man dies out or becomes part of the next evolutionary level. The vision of…
review Towards an avant-garde of the commons Reviewing Geert Lovink’s Sad By Design Last year, the creator of the retweet – Chris Wetherell – told news channel Buzzfeed that designing the…
course Last Intervention Design Course at MAMDT Last week we finished the last edition of the undergraduate course Intervention Design at the Maastricht Academy of Media Design and Technology. Despite the…