Transdisciplinary Design

By Ricardo Dutra Goncalves Once I had a great friend and personal mentor coming over for breakfast, when we were also supposed to discuss about…

by Alix Gerber A friend and I have been having this debate for at least a year: he argues that some people are inherently “bad”, committing acts that…

“All men are designers. All that we do, almost all the time, is design, for design is basic to all human activity.” Victor Papanek argued….

As a gay man living in New York City, I’ve struggled with online dating, especially hook-up apps and websites. I’m not alone in this. I’ve…

  Exactly one year ago (no kidding, to this exact day), I backed a Kickstarter campaign. It was my first time participating in a crowdfunding…

Some people like talking, some like coding. Me? I like thinking about the way people think. I am an observer, a perceiver, a reader of…

Globalization has designers consistently finding themselves participating within paradigms that they are not accustomed to. Globalization strengthens and extends relationships, both professionally and personally, across…

Some corporations are ignorant. In Natural Capitalism, Paul Hawkin discusses how the winnings and failings of a corporation depend on its ability to function as…

  As soon as I started this semester, I was introduced a new English word that I have never heard before: Gentrification. I guess I…

The world is becoming more and more globalized by multinational corporations, high technologies, credit cards, tourism, fast food and so on. For example, McDonalds is…