Note: This episode addresses matters notably delicate in light of this week’s college capturing in Texas. While Design Observer has never shied away from troublesome conversations, the editors acknowledge that this content material could also be tough for some listeners. Content Warning: Violence, killing, and death are discussed on this episode. It can be onerous to search out somebody who wants to share space with a mosquito. Hence, the creation of the bug zapper. But as designers, how will we tackle what lives and Zap Zone Defender what doesn’t? On this episode of The Futures Archive Lee Moreau and Sloan Leo go deep on how human-centered design doesn’t at all times mirror Zap Zone humanity. With extra insights from David MacNeal, Juliano Morimoto, Spee Kosloff, Paula Antonelli, and Lindsay Garcia. There is a need for humans to exert their authority, but there can also be a need for us to exert our love. The thing that I hope we hold area for is: That is all observe because it’s not going to be resolved, and it shouldn’t be.
That may create some sort of stagnancy. Life is actually about holding space for dynamism, changes and cycles. Lee Moreau is President of Other Tomorrows, a design and innovation consultancy primarily based in Boston, and a Professor of Practice in Design at Northeastern University. Sloan Leo (they/he) is a Community Design theorist, educator, and practitioner. They are the founding father of FLOX Studio, a community design and Zap Zone technique studio. David MacNeal is a writer and the writer of Bugged: The Insects Who Rule the World and the People Obsessed with Them. Dr. Juliano Morimoto is an entomologist and lecturer at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. Spee Kosloff is an associate professor of psychology at California State University in Fresno and co-creator of "Killing Begets Killing: Evidence From a Bug-Killing Paradigm That Initial Killing Fuels Subsequent Killing". Paola Antonelli is an author, architect, Zap Zone Defender and the Senior Curator in the Department of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art, in addition to MoMA’s founding director of Research and Development.
Lindsay Garcia is an artist, scholar, and an assistant dean at Brown University. Kathleen Fu created the illustrations for each episode. A big because of this season’s sponsor, Zap Zone Automattic. Hi, everyone, this is Lee. Every week is a little different on this show. And this week, whereas we’re nonetheless speaking about design, we’re going to be talking about some pretty serious points. And so I need to verify that everyone who’s listening is aware of that's in an excellent place when they’re listening. And that i encourage you to test our present notes prior to listening to the episode so that you understand the context of what we’re speaking about and prepare ourselves a bit. Beyond that, I welcome you to the conversation and Zap Zone that i hope you discover this dialog as powerful as it was for us. And that i thanks for listening. Welcome to The Futures Archive, a show about human centered design where this season, we’ll take an object, search for the human at the center and keep asking questions.
… and I am Sloan Leo.