Again, a series of items that I’ve enjoyed but have been too lazy to post.
Human nature
http://qz.com/647197/almost-everyone-who-is-unhappy-with-life-is-unhappy-for-the-same-reasons/ Almost everyone who is unhappy with life is unhappy for the same reasons
Filmmaking
Tony Zhou explores how a film editor does what she does: “How do you know when to cut?”
Architecture
http://www.dezeen.com/2016/05/27/evidence-room-holocaust-denial-auschwitz-killing-facility-robert-jan-van-pelt-venice-architecture-biennale/ The Evidence Room presents “the worst crime ever committed by an architect”. A team of architects and academics has created a room of architectural evidence from Auschwitz that shows how the Nazi concentration camp was purposefully designed as a killing facility. Wow.
http://www.archdaily.com/789475/ar-issues-on-notopia-the-scourge-destroying-our-cities-worldwide Christine Murray outlines the defining characteristics of a “Notopia” – where cities suffer from a “pandemic of generic buildings have no connection to each other”
Education
https://aeon.co/essays/schooling-comes-naturally-to-mexico-s-indigenous-people There’s a way to teach children without colonising their minds: the lifelong way of the indigenous people of Mexico
Web design
https://blog.prototypr.io/rediscovering-apples-human-interface-guidelines-1987-59731376b39e#.jlcny54fw Rediscovering Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines from 1987. The early Apple engineers clearly knew what they were dealing with.
https://medium.freecodecamp.com/your-ui-is-your-products-humble-compensation-for-not-being-telepathic-b467d022d640#.f6mus22qn Your UI is your product’s humble compensation for not being telepathic, so says Morten Just
Betterment / Start-ups
https://www.theinformation.com/the-non-monetizable-product-blind-spot The Non-Monetizable Product Blind Spot (I haven’t signed up so only read the first bit – but that diagram feels spot on)
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See also: Link dump no. 1
1. UNDERSTANDING THE PROBLEM
On sustainability
2. UNDERSTANDING HOW THE WORLD WORKS
On nature
On human nature
On the meaning of life and living
On culture
On morality
3. UNDERSTANDING HOW CHANGE WORKS
On the Next Level Society
On behavioral change
On marketing sustainability
4-A. FIXING HOW WE DESIGN THE WORLD
On naturalness
On naturalness in behaviour
On naturalness in art
Artworks of interest
On naturalness in architecture
Architecture of interest: naturalness
On livable architecture
Architecture of interest: livability
On naturalness in design
Design works of interest
4-B. FIXING OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OURSELVES
On well-being, self care and happiness
4-C. FIXING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BUSINESS AND SOCIETY
On responsible business
On Positive Design & design ethics
On privacy
Progressieve bureaus van Nederland, 2021
OTHER NOTES AND WRITINGS
On digital design, CX/UX, and technology
On the travel & hospitality industry
Miscellaneous