- “While we all benefit immensely from digital services such as Google search, we didn’t sign up to have our behavior cataloged, shaped, and sold.” Powerful writing from economist Mariana Mazzucato.
- Marc Benioff says we need a new capitalism: “To my fellow business leaders and billionaires, I say that we can no longer wash our hands of our responsibility for what people do with our products. Yes, profits are important, but so is society.”
- Alan Cooper on fixing a complex system: “You can influence it, but not direct it.”
- IDEO’s ”not-quite textbook” definition of systems design references architecture as a model.
- A Twitter thread on what the decentralized web can learn from Wikipedia.
- Design for Business Impact, a collection of open source case studies from Designer Fund “to help you use design as a strategic business partner at your company.”
- Sign of the times, pt. 1: The eRosary, a new wearable device from the Vatican “to help you pray the Rosary for peace in the world.” Sign of the times, pt. 2: a cybersecurity vulnerability was discovered shortly after the eRosary’s launch.
- Notes from my recent visit to Shanghai Disneyland.
- Video: America Meets Charles & Ray Eames (1956). Includes the introduction of their iconic lounge chair.
- Paola Antonelli on the role of designers.
