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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…
October 31, 2020November 2, 2020
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…
October 28, 2020October 28, 2020
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…
October 22, 2020October 22, 2020
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…
October 10, 2020October 12, 2020
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…
October 3, 2020October 5, 2020
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…
September 30, 2020September 30, 2020
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…
September 5, 2020September 5, 2020
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…
July 16, 2020
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…
July 13, 2020
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