How Humans Became ‘Consumers’: A History
Article from The Atlantic about the history of humans as consumers.
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Inside TikTok’s Algorithm
The Wall Street Journal dives into how TikTok customizes your feed to create the seemingly uncanny accuracy of the app’s recommendation algorithm.
A Designer’s Code of Ethics
Mike Monteiro, co-founder and design director of interactive design studio Mule Design, elaborates on the ethics of design.
Delft Design History
A timeline of the history of the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, divided in six eras with their specific attributes. When reading this, try to focus on the tension between science and practice instead of the details. Still, if you want to learn the names mentioned, it could help you understand why some of our rooms have certain names. Also: did you know we currently have a grandchild of Truijen in our Bachelor?
Text by Timo de Rijk and visual material by Carlita Kooman.
Participatory Design History
A chapter of the Routledge International Handbook of Participatory Design on the Heritage (aka history) of participatory design.
Red de wereld – denk groots
Timo de Rijk, director of Design Museum Den Bosch and professor at TU Delft and Leiden University, explains 4 ideas that illustrate how designers should work together on big projects to deal with critical issues that the world faces today.
Why Procrastinators Procrastinate
The original blog post of Tim Urban’s viral TED talk about how a procrastinator’s brain works.
The Woman Who Invented the Modern Kitchen
Article about Lillian Gilbreth, who used her expertise in motion studies to reinvent the kitchen in 1929.
Zehn Thesen für gutes Design
Dieter Rams asked himself: what makes a design a good design? His answer was formulated in 10 statements that together make the basis for a well designed product. We are linking to the German version, because this is the original language Dieter Rams used. Feel free to switch it to the EU version if it is hard to read.
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.