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The former Apple VP and University of California Design Lab director explains why leaders should take the “humanity-centered” approach and adopt sustainable technologies and business models.


April 19, 2023

1 minute read

Design for a Better World: Excerpts and videos from the Interaction Design Foundation (IxDF)

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Excerpts from my videos of IxDF on Design for a Better World. Plus a highly recommended video on the history of participatory design by Victor Udoewa.


April 17, 2023

3 minutes read

A video and text summary of Design for a Better World: A talk for McKinsey & Company

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I thought that McKinsey did an excellent job of summarizing a video conversation I had with them for anyone interested in a quick overview of my book Design for a Better World.


April 12, 2023

1 minute read

DBW: Chapter 1. Almost Everything Artificial Has Been Designed

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As I sit down to write, I peer to my left out the window looking south to the scene outside. I live on a steep hill in San Diego, California (the local name is Mount...


March 4, 2023

14 minutes read

DBW: Chapter 35. The Future of Technology

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Science, engineering, technology: those who work in these fields never stop creating, dreaming, inventing. I know because I am one of them. I am always thinking of new ideas and new ways of doing things....


March 4, 2023

16 minutes read

DBW: Chapter 6. Overview of the DBW book: Meaningful, Sustainable, Humanity Centered

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Our lives are controlled by the measurement tools of science, by the needs of industry. Industry, in turn, is controlled by the economic theories of the world and by the need for currency to pay...


March 4, 2023

13 minutes read

Frontier Design Prize & Speech

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I received the Frontier Design Innovation award by the World Design Conference and the Shanghai Municipal Government. My acceptance talk is based on my book, Design for a Better World: Understandable, Sustainable, Humanity Centered (MIT Press, March 21, 2023: talk video is in the post).


September 24, 2022

5 minutes read

Humanity-Centered versus Human-Centered Design

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Human-Centered Design works well for mass-produced products and traditional products and services. But today, we owe our allegiance far beyond individual people -- we owe it to all humanity.


February 26, 2022

4 minutes read