1. Becoming-resource: An introduction As we enter a third decade of popular reckoning with the idea of networked computation, any notion of a divide between the physical and the virtual is proving less and less tenable with every passing day. Slowly at first, but with increasing momentum, the…

Critical Design FAQ Anthony Dunne & Fiona Raby 1. What is Critical Design? Critical Design uses speculative design proposals to challenge narrow assumptions, preconceptions and givens about the role products play in everyday life. It is more of an attitude than anything else, a position rather than…

by Manu Fernández, UrbanIxD Advisory Board member, f ounder of Human Scale City and author of Ciudades a Escala Humana blog It was shocking whenMichael invited me to join the Advisory Board of UrbanIxD. My background is farfrom interaction design and actually I am more comfortable around books…

September 5, 2013 , by Logo, Bullshit & Co., Inc. Everybody likes logos. Everybody wants their own logo. Everybody wants to make their own logo. Everybody has a computer and some fonts. Anybody can make a logo. What makes designers think they are so special? Anybody can make a logo. No doubt. It’s…

/***************** In den Feuilletons dieses Landes wird ja immer gerne über „die Algorithmen“ geschimpft, die unser Leben bestimmen und furchtbar böse sind. All diese Artikel zeichnen sich durch eine bodenlose Unkenntnis der Materie aus, die sich in der Undifferenziertheit ihrer Analysen…

"On being attached, caring for animals and humble technologies" by @annegalloway: http://t.co/EJ4qcJRiT7

The human scale and the future of our civilisation http://t.co/unualTAGmM by @riccardomar on the challenges @urbanixd is working on

We’re not buying the Silicon Valley bullshit anymore http://t.co/OX3EuZi0zw

Die Ars Electronica wird von Jahr zu Jahr immer größer, toller, erfolgreicher. Sichtbares, ganzjähriges Zeichen dieses Erfolges ist das AEC, das nachts vor sich hin blinkt wie ein Upgrade des Raumschiffs in Die unheimliche Begegnung der dritten Art. Das Festival hat mit der Tabakfabrik nun auch eine…

5 questions about Urban Interaction Design: and some answers: http://t.co/JtUdSRDAeP

Not every problem can be fixed with an app. Why we should be careful with Silicon Valley's solutionism http://t.co/1RmG6bApii

And good read on nature in urban landscapes - there's more than one way to look at it. #cities via @AlexSteffen: http://t.co/vddI2i3m76"

Zurecht! "@boomblitz: Der Chaos Computer Club soll neue Systeme entwerfen, nicht alte optimieren, fordert @mspro: http://t.co/cmPzN7Z4 #hm"