Lecture Complex Systems Thinking: Week 6
Lecture by Pieter Jan Stappers and Ianus Keller about the theme of week 6 of Understanding Design: Complex Systems Thinking
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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?
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.
Lecture User X: Week 8
Lecture by Ianus Keller and Bregje van Eekelen about the theme of week 8 of Understanding Design: User X
Lecture The formalization of design 2022
Lecture by Bregje van Eekelen and Ianus Keller about the theme of week 4 of Understanding Design: The formalisation of design
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 for the Other 90%
Design for the Other 90% demonstrates how design can be a dynamic force in saving and transforming lives, at home and around the world.
IDEO Shopping Cart Project
A peak into one of design and consulting firm IDEO’s projects.
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?
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.