Lecture Complex Systems Thinking
Lecture by Pieter Jan Stappers and Ianus Keller about the theme of week 6 of Understanding Design: Complex Systems Thinking
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Lecture Design for the real world: Week 7
Lecture by Laurens Kolks and Ianus Keller about the theme of week 7 of Understanding Design: Design for the real world
How Wolves Change Rivers
George Monbiot explains what a trophic cascade is and how wolves change rivers.
Bauhaus in a Nutshell
A short introduction to Bauhaus, one of the most definitive design movements of the modern age.
This is part of The Open University series Design in a Nutshell. The questions at the end of each movie could inspire you for your seminar questions.
The Norman door
Don Norman started complaining about doors over 25 years ago. Doors shouldn’t need instructions – the shape of them can guide you through just fine. So why do so many doors need instruction manuals right on the side of them?
How Toyota changed the way we make things
Learn about how the company introduced an ethos that is now known as “lean manufacturing”.
How Caffeine Addiction Changed History
Michael Pollan explains why coffee is the most widely used psychoactive drug and the effect it has had on the world.
Panton Junior & Billy Flatpack
Second week, theme Production. From 12 to 16 September 2022
Lecture User X: Week 8
Lecture by Ianus Keller and Bregje van Eekelen about the theme of week 8 of Understanding Design: User X
Designing Fallingwater | Frank Lloyd Wright
Excerpt from Ken Burn’s documentary about one of America’s greatest architects.