🦊 Being foxes & tigers: a discussion about economics, politics, and design

Design is relational, not isolated. — Hi, Kevin here. Today I wanted to share some thoughts on an interesting topic that popped up in my feeds, a “speculative design workshop” on the topic of “Imagine a world where design has replaced politics”. Mind the necessary assumptions I have to make in order to explore what the…

Join our community workshop — Join us for our next community workshop to bridge the empathy map. Community workshop: Exploring The Empathy Gap, Tue, Sep 27, 2022, 6:00 PM | Meetup Details Hi, fellow Design & Critical Thinkers, This is our monthly community workshop where we build & discuss the…www.meetup.com Empathy in design In Design, the quality of empathy sets the tone of key product decisions and what essentially makes a product life-centric. However, empathizing is not something that can be activated directly by simply asking someone to “be empathic.” …

Exploring a useful tension between pragmatism and creativity — Hi everyone, Our series of discussions on the theme of marrying design and philosophy comes to an end with a third and final round on Tuesday 23 August at 6 PM CET. This time, we want to explore two aspects: First, is the importance of coming to a form of…

The forms of power & privileges, and practical design philosophy — Hi everyone, hope you are all doing well & safe! Here’s what happened on the thirty-third week of 2022. 📆 On Tuesday 16 August, we discussed the different forms of power, how they influence decision-making, and how they relate (or not) to design. …

Hi everyone, Kevin here. I try to find back some inspiration and rhythm for writing during this summer break, as I’m reaching the end of a trip to southern France with my spouse and kids. Before the trip, I had several things in mind that I left aside and had…