22 year old Nora Vargas gives us some insights into local practices in her home land El Salvador and her later path through European design studies.
Peter Jones talks about an emergent new ethos, one that stands on the shoulders of many who have long argued for systemic change.
What is most needed to solve complex problems? I believe the answer is an individual's pure intention to do good. This is core to any design work. All design work is social design in the end.
That’s right, I mean it. If you want to do any good, you have to beat yourself up. It’s pretty easy though, just be a normal human being and strive for conquering the world. Why not aim to be the king, queen, prince or princess? To get to the top, you have to fight for it. What, you thought you could just climb the ladder, step by step, go higher and higher and you’ll get to the top of some roof and ... Read More
There are basically four types of Love: a) Self Love (Self) Mental. Love who you are, what you do, and acceptance regarding your own limitations b) Love based on friendship between two people (Philos) Mental. Friendship is the foundation of a successful relationship and could eventually evolve to the next level… c) Love between you and your beloved one (Eros) Physical. No explanation/manual required, right? d) Unconditional Love (Agape) Spiritual. Highest type of Love we can achieve. It’s totally selfless, not including giving and taking like previous types. It’s about ... Read More
I worked in advertising for a few years so every now and again I peruse an industry pub to see what shop got what client some incredible ROI on some incredibly expensive campaign (I am not a geek I just play one on this blog). The other day a story caught my eye in AdWeek titled, "Depression Chic". It was about how consumers are showing an interest in the Great Depression and how this trend is being leveraged as a successful marketing ... Read More
IM Magazine is a international online magazine that aspires to show the best things in the world in order to build a better world. It strives to be an inspirational encounter with different projects, movements, world-changers, videos, blogs, and a multitude of possibilities to be explored at their website. They shed light over the so called "bright side of the world", which unfortunately too many times stays in the shade of the public knowledge and conventional media. This way, they help build ... Read More
I’m sitting here on my bed with my 3 year-old Apple Powerbook — one of the old ones that has no Intel chip or Super Drive. I’ve forgotten how old I’ve become. I was in school with so much drive for social design. I must admit though, my drive made me super aggressive. Not very attractive. Is it? I’m unemployed by choice at the moment. Oh my! Unemployed? That’s such a disgrace to my education and my strive for being great. What a failure, ... Read More
In a world changing faster than at any other time in human history, a dynamic and critical analysis of what is 'good' design could not be more urgently required. Whilst new communication technologies are offering revolutionary platforms for mass collaboration and opportunities to democratically converse within a global community (1), simultaneously the world faces unprecedented environmental, social, and economic crises (2). Are designers really capitalising on social media platforms and collaborative opportunities? What do these democratic shifts and global challenges mean, and ... Read More
In his new book Quantum Shift in the Global Brain (1), systems theorist and twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize Ervin Laszlo, suggests a practicable behavioural code derived from an ecological and planetary ethics. He ascribes this code a ceiling and a floor, or a maximum and a minimum code, i.e., what one should be doing ideally, and the least one can do. The maximum code can be formulated as: Act so as to further the evolution of a humanly favourable dynamic ... Read More
Design. Oh design how I love you. I hate you so much because my love for you makes me hate myself. I love being a designer but I hate design. I love designing but I hate talking about it. I love talking but I hate people who talk so much. I hate designers but I love to master designing. I am a designer, I love people. I am a designer, I am people. I am passionate and violent, I make and destroy. ... Read More
In the last issue of Frieze, Ronald Jones goes out to build a bridge between conceptual art movements and their ontological/epistemological programs, and how contemporary designers are taking this critic energy within the Fine Arts to design "the experiences of knowledge production, reception and comprehension across disciplines - often furthest from their own - affording them an expanding sphere of influence." One of the many important points in this article: "The customization of epistemological Conceptualism" [as opposed to ontological Conceptualism] "represents the most ... Read More
With Christmas approaching, regardless of where you are reading this post from, regardless if you believe in Christmas at all, you must be feeling the shopping frenzy. From where I stand, it's slightly overwhelming. Makes me wonder: If people could get this mobilized over topics other than Christmas (or Football's European Championships, for that matter) how much energy could we be driving into completely different social topics… When you go into a shop and buy fair trade or when you refrain from purchasing a ... Read More
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