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Some people underplay what design can achieve in improving the world around us. Others so overplay design’s impact on solving economic and social problems, they damage the cause of design. This...
View ArticleOh no, not another manifesto about design! Do we really need that?
Right now, yes. Make no mistake: BIG POTATOES fully believes in design’s ability to make the world more usable, meaningful and beautiful. And the discipline has never been more popular. Especially...
View ArticleGlobal Design Forum misses the mark
The Global Design Forum, held on 18 September in London, was billed as “one day to set the global agenda for design”. It fell well short of this lofty ambition. It was about design, yes, but it wasn’t...
View ArticleDesign + Healthcare: Getting the balance right
Thursday 6 December. This is an invite-only private dinner and debate at De Santis, an Italian restaurant in Old Street, London. The menu will cost £21.95 (with drinks as extra) consisting of a...
View ArticleBehavioural design: a public dis-service
Originally published on spiked Using design to make people behave in UK A&E departments leaves the source of people’s frustrations untouched. A team of designers, led by PearsonLloyd and...
View ArticleDoes design make good policy?
Martyn Perks says designers working on policy-making could be missing the chance to effect radical change. Published by Design Week It’s welcome news that a new government-backed design lab, to be...
View ArticleOn design ambition
As contrary as it sounds, in 2014 designers should be more ambitious and less worried about being socially responsible. That way, we will all get to benefit more from their efforts. Take the reaction...
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