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I think the article is a good way to raise a debate on the relationship between the design(er) and its social role. I do not perceive the design(er) only as a troubleshooter, urgent problems or not. I perceive the design(er) also responsible for delivering artifacts that make people happier, for example. This does not simply means that the diaper with sensor is a good device. I love when the design(er) delivers a new device to help people control the diabetes, but, I also love when the design(er) delivers a new toy to a children. The design(er) needs to learn how to look for people to find out what makes them really happier. That's my utopian vision for a better design(er). André Neves, phD GDRlab - UFPE Master Artisan of Bits Artisans were the dominant producers of consumer products prior to the Industrial Revolution. Artisans of Bits are the dominant producers of consumer products after the Industrial Revolution. http://www.designthinkingcanvas.com.br/ 2016-07-11 5:37 GMT-03:00 Ursula Tischner <[log in to unmask]>: > dear all, > > nice discussion about "hack" terminology but have you even read the article? > > this is not about terminology but about a very not useful and not appropriate understanding and practice of design that is currently dominant in many places and regions. > > in light of the many severe important and, for many, life threatening problems humanity is facing today do designers really have nothing better to do than designing baby diapers with sensors that tell parents when they need changing? > > we sustainability designers often shake our heads in disbelief what has become of the design profession that originally at least for many designers had the assignment to solve real and urgent problems ... but not anymore at least for many designers.... > > that is the issue here. > > best... > > Ursula Tischner > econcept, Agency for Sustainable Design > Cologne, Germany > > >> Am 10.07.2016 um 13:15 schrieb Ken Friedman <[log in to unmask]>: >> >> Dear All, >> >> An interesting article in today’s New York Times discusses the problem of design and innovation for apps, products, and services that no one needs, while ignoring the genuine needs of vast sectors of the population that has genuine needs. You’ll find it at URL: >> >> http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/10/opinion/sunday/solving-all-the-wrong-problems.html >> >> The key issue appears in the middle of the article: >> >> —snip— >> >> If the most fundamental definition of design is to solve problems, why are so many people devoting so much energy to solving problems that don’t really exist? How can we get more people to look beyond their own lived experience? >> >> In “Design: The Invention of Desire,” a thoughtful and necessary new book by the designer and theorist Jessica Helfand, the author brings to light an amazing kernel: “hack,” a term so beloved in Silicon Valley that it’s painted on the courtyard of the Facebook campus and is visible from planes flying overhead, is also prison slang for “horse’s ass carrying keys.” >> >> To “hack” is to cut, to gash, to break. It proceeds from the belief that nothing is worth saving, that everything needs fixing. But is that really the case? Are we fixing the right things? Are we breaking the wrong ones? Is it necessary to start from scratch every time? >> >> Empathy, humility, compassion, conscience: These are the key ingredients missing in the pursuit of innovation, Ms. Helfand argues, and in her book she explores design, and by extension innovation, as an intrinsically human discipline — albeit one that seems to have lost its way. Ms. Helfand argues that innovation is now predicated less on creating and more on the undoingof the work of others. >> >> “In this humility-poor environment, the idea of disruption appeals as a kind of subversive provocation,” she writes. “Too many designers think they are innovating when they are merely breaking and entering.” >> >> —snip— >> >> Worth reading. >> >> Ken >> >> Ken Friedman, PhD, DSc (hc), FDRS | Editor-in-Chief | 设计 She Ji. The Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation | Published by Tongji University in Cooperation with Elsevier | URL: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/she-ji-the-journal-of-design-economics-and-innovation/ >> >> Chair Professor of Design Innovation Studies | College of Design and Innovation | Tongji University | Shanghai, China ||| University Distinguished Professor | Centre for Design Innovation | Swinburne University of Technology | Melbourne, Australia >> >> Email [log in to unmask] | Academia http://swinburne.academia.edu/KenFriedman | D&I http://tjdi.tongji.edu.cn >> >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------- >> PhD-Design mailing list <[log in to unmask]> >> Discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design >> Subscribe or Unsubscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/phd-design >> ----------------------------------------------------------------- >> > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > PhD-Design mailing list <[log in to unmask]> > Discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design > Subscribe or Unsubscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/phd-design > ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- PhD-Design mailing list <[log in to unmask]> Discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design Subscribe or Unsubscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/phd-design -----------------------------------------------------------------