Why we need speculative journalism
In a world where we feel that we have insufficient understanding of new developments, the journalist is increasingly emerging as a clarifier of the…
Vaporrave Virus
Or, how the fragmented specter of rave spreads through the digital network. Rave has been declared dead several times. There is hope. In this…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…