Lecture The formalization of design
Lecture by Bregje van Eekelen and Ianus Keller about the theme of week 4 of Understanding Design: The formalisation of design
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Planned obsolescence
Learn how planned obsolesce is a part of consumerism and makes bad products with the goal of making money. But can it actually also have benefits?
Lecture Norms & Rules: Week 9
Lecture by Ianus Keller and Bregje van Eekelen closing off Understanding Design and reflecting on the theme of week 9 of Understanding Design: Norms & Rules
Design is Messy I
Nick and Christian from Google Design discuss potential trajectories for the messy futures of emerging technologies and argue for design being appropriately and systematically messy in response. Please watch the video from the first marker to the second for this week. In this part you will see some ideas about the roles of models and abstractions and get an idea of their possible uses.
Lecture Creativity
Lecture by Bregje van Eekelen and Ianus Keller about the theme of week 5 of Understanding Design: Creativity
Designing Fallingwater | Frank Lloyd Wright
Excerpt from Ken Burn’s documentary about one of America’s greatest architects.
Lecture Consumption 2023
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The Filter Bubble
Eli Pariser warns about the dangerous consequence that comes with the increasing personalization of our digital services.
How Toyota changed the way we make things
Learn about how the company introduced an ethos that is now known as “lean manufacturing”.
Lecture Complex Systems Thinking
Lecture by Pieter Jan Stappers and Ianus Keller about the theme of week 6 of Understanding Design: Complex Systems Thinking