Synectics
Another excerpt from the Delft Design Guide. Only the synectics spread is mandatory material, but also take a look at the other spreads in the enriching section.
Ianus Keller
About Ianus Keller
Posts by Ianus Keller:
Design is Messy II
For this week, from the second marker after 26 minutes is mandatory material for systems thinking
Why Procrastinators Procrastinate
The original blog post of Tim Urban’s viral TED talk about how a procrastinator’s brain works.
The Filter Bubble
Eli Pariser warns about the dangerous consequence that comes with the increasing personalization of our digital services.
DDG on Creativity
Some relevant spreads to take a look at (not provided): Collage (pg 151), Design Drawing to Discover (pg 111), Analogies & Metaphors (pg 161)
Defining Design
A definition of design from Swedish Design: An Ethnography by Keith M. Murphy. An interesting delineation of the meaning of design, a good one to read carefully.
Click on the image for the excerpt.
Hauling New Treasure Along the Silk Road
Fascinating article from NY Times documenting the travel of a container of laptops from China to The Netherlands via railways.
Shipping Container
Craig Martin’s book illuminates the “development of containerization”- including design history, standardization, aesthetics, and a surprising speculative discussion of the futurity of shipping containers.
Genius of Design I
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
27 – Nynke Tromp – De Daadkracht der Dingen
Nynke Tromp doet onderzoek naar en geeft les in sociaal ontwerpen en gedragsverandering op onze faculteit, zo coördineert ze het 2e jaars vak Design Project 4 – Design for Society. De tip die Nynke geeft is het boek De Daadkracht der Dingen (What Things Do in het Engels), het proefschrift van techniekfilosoof Peter-Paul Verbeek.