Overviews of key concepts, frameworks, and theories shaping how we understand technology and human experience.
Loose Threads
Something really cool has been popping up in electronics and tinkering for a while now. I'm old enough to say that maker movements have come and gone before, and they usually follow a predictable storyline. There is a burst of enthusiasm, you get excited, then a wave of
Ideas & Theories
As I was cleaning out the studio at the end of the school year, I started to feel that the studio shelves were breathing. Well, not literally, but if you stand there long enough, it starts to feel that something in the accumulated mass of paper, polycarbonate, wood, electronic bits
Ideas & Theories
I've been having this recurring thought or a dream. Or maybe not a dream exactly, but more like a signal popping up from another frequency. You know, like when you're half-asleep and a clear understanding arrives from somewhere, it's fully formed, and it&
Ideas & Theories
The Estonian summer sun, a bit moody but still somewhat constantly present on my porch, has a way of turning abstract thoughts into visceral experiences. The mercury climbs steadily, pumping up the thermostat numbers, and with that beads of sweat start to appear on my brows. Soon enough I’m
Eesti keeles
ENG 🤖 translation coming up soon! Tehnoloogia ja inimese suhe on viimastel kümnenditel muutunud üha lähedasemaks ja intiimsemaks. Digitaalsed assistendid vastavad meie küsimustele nii, nagu vestleksime sõbraga; robotid matkivad oskuslikult meie inimlikke emotsioone ja nutiseadmed õpivad tundma meie harjumusi ning eelistusi. Mida enam tehisobjektid ja -süsteemid reaalset inimest meenutavad, seda suurem
Ideas & Theories
This is a 🤖 translation of the original Estonian post, available here: https://www.artun.ee/et/ulme-pohise-vaartuskeskse-disainimetoodika-tutvustus-kujutlusvoime-ja-vaartuste-abil-tulevikku-kujundamas/ Design cannot be left solely in the service of form and function. As a product and interaction designer, but also as a professor,