How Toyota changed the way we make things
Learn about how the company introduced an ethos that is now known as “lean manufacturing”.
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The Politics of Design
Alison Clarke, director of the Victor J. Papanek Foundation, takes you through the exhibition ‘Victor Papanek: The Politics of Design’ at Design Museum Den Bosch.
iPod & Tupperware
Sixth week, theme Complex Systems Thinking. From 10 to 14 October 2022
The Century of the Self – Pt 2
The video referred to in the lecture on the rise of consumer research in the early 1950s. Using methods to mine the unconscious, leading to the focus group. Also contains that famous story about just adding an egg to instant-cake to remove the barrier of guilt.
Design is Messy II
For this week, from the second marker after 26 minutes is mandatory material for systems thinking
Lecture Creativity
Lecture by Bregje van Eekelen and Ianus Keller about the theme of week 5 of Understanding Design: Creativity
IDEO Shopping Cart Project
A peak into one of design and consulting firm IDEO’s projects.
How Wolves Change Rivers
George Monbiot explains what a trophic cascade is and how wolves change rivers.
James Dyson Answers Design Questions
James Dyson answers the internet’s burning questions about design and inventions. Dyson’s products are clear examples of the Industrial and Engineering part of Design. Especially his answer to the question What’s the most important element of design in your opinion? is an interesting relevant take for this week.
Powers of Ten
This short documentary film by Ray and Charles Eames investigates the relative size of things and the significance of adding a zero to any number. It illustrates the universe as an arena of both continuity and change, of everyday picnics and cosmic mystery.