The Promise of the Creative Industries, Design Work and Livelihoods
In neoliberal times design has become an instrument of economic policy and commercial opportunity, more generally. This is in both its basic role in creating and controlling assets through intellectual property rights, and in its symbolic role as a leading innovator in the transformation of labour...
An Anticipated Pandemic & Post-Covid Design Economies
In an ideal world, designers would create ways of living to meet human needs and desires without undermining the climate system and contributing to the sixth extinction event. In the political system we inherited, designers work within an economic context that harnesses our skills to reproduce unsus...
“Top Up With Driver”: Entanglements of Design, Online Drivers, and Digital Money in Indonesia
“Belum bisa” the barista told me when I asked if I could pay for my coffee with a digital wallet. You can’t yet. It was one of my first weeks of fieldwork on digital payments in Yogyakarta, and I was confused because I had particularly selected this coffee shop after having seen it listed in the Ind...
Financial Reflections in The Uncanny Mirror
From a one dollar everyday item in a convenience store, to a holy object at an ancient shrine,the mirror is one of the most diverse cultural objects embedded within financial interpretations. To most, the mirror is used as a tool for personal care and is an essential part of our everyday lives....
DWELLING IMPRESSIONS A Phenomenological Architectural Study in 3 Acts
Architecture and design can improve social conditions. Throughout the world, local traditions and patterns of living are being modified. People are becoming more aware of their needs and the value of their welfare. The work we do as architects and designers should align with society and these social...
Human Interconnection
This online workshop with The Reading School was about reading and writing and the potential to create new content based on present technology: What happens when your physical body (or objects) meets the logic of a virtual representation – in a time when physical distancing is essential for human...