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Design Line: 27 January - 2 February
From how we design for digital spaces to how we classify “emerging designers”, this week’s Design Line looks at some conundrums and questions the industry is engaged with.
Seeing Through the Hype
Natalie Kane took a good long look through a pair of NReal Air spectacles to examine the hype around AR and technology for Design Reviewed #2.
Terms of Address
ProxyAddress creator Chris Hildrey on designing a system to redistribute postal addresses to help people experiencing homelessness.
Seeing Through the Walls of Silicon Valley
Claude Dutson employs technology to snoop around the secretive headquarters of Silicon Valley, probing the methodological limits of proprietary architecture.
Connection is Medicine
Helen Gonzalez Brown reviews the Apple Watch Ultra and grapples with anxiety, mortality, and the cult of wellness for Design Reviewed #1.
To Be Clear
Phone (1) by tech startup Nothing is a transparent smartphone that’s a direct response to the industry’s obsession with black box design and programmed obsolescence.
The Pursuit of ’Appiness
Silicon Valley’s tech moguls designed their apps to be addictive – now they’re offering ways to wean ourselves off them. But can you ever design a perfect digital detox?
Night Consumer
Disegno and the Het Nieuwe Instituut present Design Drafts #1 with this online exclusive from Andrew Pasquier on the festivalisation of nightlife design.
On Behalf of the Invisible End-User
Destiny Thomas asks what the unequal rollout of e-scooters in major American cities tell us about technology and racial equity.
Asks For a Hit of Your Juul
The FDA ban on Juul has stalled. From Disegno 25, Natalie Kane examines the design themes, memes, and appeal to teens of these slick flavoured e-cigarettes.
The Online Ass Wars
Academic and pole dancer Carolina Are the connections between OnlyFans' attempt to design out porn and the draconian legislation trying to cleanse the internet.
Don’t Cross the Streams
Disegno goes on a Netflix binge and asks, are we in charge of the viewing algorithms or are they in charge of us?