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WDD2020 | Reading list
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1A Designer’s Code of Ethics2017Mike MonteiroUSAMule Designhttps://muledesign.com/2017/07/a-designers-code-of-ethicsBefore you are a designer, you are a human being. Like every other human being on the planet, you are part of the social contract. We share a planet. By choosing to be a designer you are choosing to impact the people who come in contact with your work,
you can either help or hurt them with your actions. The effect of what you put into the fabric of society should always be a key consideration in your work. Every human being on this planet is obligated to do our best to leave this planet in better shape than we found it.
Designers don’t get to opt out.
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2Ambiguity and Truth2019Milton GlaserUKself-publishedhttps://www.miltonglaser.com/files/Essays-Ambiguity-8192.pdfAn essay from Milton Glaser that includes 'The Road to Hell', a series of increasingly harmful design briefs for designers to reflect on: “Would you design an ad for a political candidate whose policies you believe would be harmful to the general public?”
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3Anand Giridharadas on the fallacy of billionaire philanthropy2019Henry ManceUKFinancial Timeshttps://www.ft.com/content/3729c71e-2419-11e9-8ce6-5db4543da632The Financial Times of London interview of the subject of the above talk.
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Anand Giridharadas: "Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World" | Talks at Google
2018Anand GiridharadasUSAYouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_zt3kGW1NMA former McKinsey consultant-turned New York Times columnist, Giridharadas is the author of the bestseller "Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World", where he questions the validity of the premise that billionaires can solve the issues that currently plague the poor. He proposes that these "philanthropic" efforts are in fact propping up the broken system that created the issues in the first place.
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5Applying Speculative Design to Design Ethics2019Lucy WestAustraliaMediumhttps://medium.com/@eyelovelucy/applying-speculative-design-to-design-ethics-5d225daf2a4cApplying speculative design (ie speculating about what the future might look like, creating scenarios which help project into the future, with the intent to curb our current decision-making and behaviours) to design ethics issues.
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6Autonomous technology and the greater human good2014Steve OmohundruJournal of Experimental & Theoretical Artifical Intelligencehttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0952813X.2014.895111Military and economic pressures are driving the rapid development of autonomous systems. We show that these systems are likely to behave in anti-social and harmful ways unless they are very carefully designed. Designers will be motivated to create systems that act approximately rationally and rational systems exhibit universal drives towards self-protection, resource acquisition, replication and efficiency.
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Book Review: 'Fashionopolis' Tells Us Why We Should Care About Clothes
2019Lily MeyerUSANational Public Radio (NPR)https://www.npr.org/2019/09/04/757455029/fashionopolis-tells-us-why-we-should-care-about-clothes?fbclid=IwAR286hjxufVNyaovvEtGbuScTupK4QLwDC8ASkcQRYXf2TnvIdI5To_7aGMA book Review of fashion journalist Dana Thomas' Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes, a "snappy, clear-minded attack on the fashion industry's rampant labor and environmental abuses".
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8“Degrowth is about redistribution by design, not by collapse”2019Mark Minkjanthe NetherlandsFailed Architecturehttps://failedarchitecture.com/degrowth-is-about-redistribution-by-design-not-by-collapse/?fbclid=IwAR2Z1WQJ6ti8subvpvMErJDQMVekO4OCvZXPCK_YChMyrNUbuOM4JDfiaCoAn interview with the curators of the Oslo Architecture Triennale 2019, Maria Smith and Phineas Harper. What’s wrong with current ideas about growth? How would we measure value in a society of Degrowth? In what ways would architects’ attitudes need to change? And what kind of architecture would this result in?
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9Ethical Sourcing2012Christopher HawthorneUSAMetropolishttps://www.theiconic.com.au/sustainability-ethical-sourcing/Journalist Christopher Hawthorne asks why Papanek’s scathing, 41-year-old critique of the profession still reads as if it were written today? Metropolis Magazine.
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Ethics isn’t just for philosophers—designers need to take responsibility, too
2016Leyla AcarogluUSAQuartzhttps://qz.com/793916/ethics-in-design-isnt-just-for-philosophers-designers-need-to-take-responsibility-too/Most designers still pass off the responsibility of making the “right” decision to someone else:the boss, client, manufacturer, government, or consumer... A reflection on the role of the designer in the age of AI and AR.
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11Exploratory reflection on design ethics2018Rauno PelloEstoniaMediumhttps://medium.com/@pello/exploratory-reflection-on-design-ethics-ed14b85877b6Theory, examples, reflection and suggestions for a design business code of ethics
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Facebook’s New Controversy Shows How Easily Online Political Ads Can Manipulate You
2018Dipayan Ghosh and Ben ScottUSATime Magazinehttps://time.com/5197255/facebook-cambridge-analytica-donald-trump-ads-data/An explanantion of how firms like Cambridge Analytica — the social media monitoring firm that bragged it helped put Trump in the White House —gain accessto the data of 50 million Facebook users through highly questionable means. Cambridge Analytica used to that data to create a tool of “psychological warfare” to manipulate American voters with targeted Facebook ads and social media campaigns.
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Greta Thunberg was right: There is an alternative to 'eternal economic growth': Don Pittis
2019Don PittisCanadaCanadian Broadcasting Corporationhttps://www.cbc.ca/news/business/business-climate-strike-1.5293916Canadian economist Don Pittis puts forth a theory on "sustainable prosperity"
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14Gus Speth Calls for a "New" Environmentalism2015Steve CurwoodUSAPublic Radio Internationalhttps://loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=15-P13-00007&segmentID=6James Gustave "Gus" Spethwas Dean at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, environmental advisor to Presidents Carter and Clinton, founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council and World Resources Institute, administrator of the U.N. Development Program. He has dire warnings about the environment.
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I wrote the book on user-friendly design. What I see today horrifies me
2019Don NormanUSAFast Companyhttp://f-st.co/7WiIz5p?fbclid=IwAR00b5rI25_Eckn1MIN3n97kJulfXVA_p8uU92vhol_f57Q5IiMfnxcX6BoThe world is designed against the elderly, writes Don Norman, 83-year-old author of the industry bible Design of Everyday Thingsand a former Apple VP.
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16It's time for nations to unite around an International Green New Deal2019Yanis Varoufakis and David AdlerUKThe Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/23/international-green-new-deal-climate-change-global-response?fbclid=IwAR0ll4WOU-JkO2rOBfVP50QHkhxkMi96BIC5ubQ4Y6NDsqUxAOinaGcc-ecYanis Varoufakis and David Adler propose that climate change needs a global response. Though several countries have proposed their own versions of a Green New Deal, climate change knows no borders.
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17It's too late for ethical fashion2019Sara Jane StricklandUKI-D/ Vicehttps://i-d.vice.com/en_us/article/mbmg4a/its-too-late-for-ethical-fashion?utm_campaign=global&utm_source=idfbus&fbclid=IwAR2vzn9JxfAWWDj6NvgR3F1Mp0VLpKoe__lYvAJOwNbIyBBO_ehu5IqQY_YA sustainability expert explains that progress in the industry is cancelled out by the rate at which the fashion economy is speeding up.
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18Paralysed man walks using mind-controlled exoskeleton2019The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/04/paralysed-man-walks-using-mind-controlled-exoskeleton?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR325sYD-lH-6AR3Vt2miLz_l_bIVyvcFtMgT4Ly_yhU1n1A8h1EWILONtI#Echobox=1570182539A Good News story: A French man paralysed in a nightclub accident has walked again thanks to a brain-controlled exoskeleton, providing hope to tetraplegics seeking to regain movement.
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19Questioning Graphic Design’s Ethicality2018Brian LaRossaUSAMediumhttps://medium.com/@larossa/questioning-graphic-designs-ethicality-3420b2e4009An exploration of the ethicality of graphic design with an extensive reference list
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20Rereading Victor Papanek’s “Design for the Real World”2012Christopher HawthorneUSAMetropolishttps://www.metropolismag.com/ideas/rereading-design-for-the-real-world/Journalist Christopher Hawthorne asks why Papanek’s scathing, 41-year-old critique of the profession still reads as if it were written today? Metropolis Magazine.
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21RIP Shareholder Primacy2019Lenore PalladinoUSABoston Reviewhttp://bostonreview.net/class-inequality/lenore-palladino-rip-shareholder-primacyThe ideology of shareholder primacy has caused immeasurable harm. The singular focus on stock price means that wealth is extracted by a small number of shareholders while those who work to produce that wealth are squeezed to the bone. Large corporations operating in this way so dominate U.S. political, economic, and social life. The author encourages a rethinking.
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22The Ethical Design Manifesto2017UKhttps://2017.ind.ie/ethical-design/A UK based collective discussing ethical design issues
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23The ethical implications of artificial intelligenceKaitlyn RegehrHow Researchers Changed the World (podcast)https://www.howresearchers.com/episodes/episode-4/Interview with the author of above.
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24The Green New Deal is really about designing an entirely new world2019Diana BuddsUSACurbedhttps://www.designcouncil.org.uk/sites/default/files/asset/document/Designing_a_future_economy18.pdfAn analysis of the "Green New Deal" being proposed by some American politicians as a solution to climate change issues and the role of Architects, Designers and Urban planners in finding solutions.
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25The Internet of Things Needs a Code of Ethics2017Kaveh WaddellUSAThe Atlantichttps://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/05/internet-of-things-ethics/524802/Technology is evolving faster than the legal and moral frameworks needed to manage it.
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26The Invisible, Manipulative Power of Persuasive Technology2017Jordan LarsonPacific Standardhttps://psmag.com/environment/captology-fogg-invisible-manipulative-power-persuasive-technology-81301Persuasive technology, which can take the form of apps or websites, marries traditional modes of persuasion—using information, incentives, and even coercion—with the new capabilities of devices to change user behavior, leading to ethical issues.
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We should hold tech giants to these 5 rules if we want to stop manipulative design
2019Abbey StemlerUSAFast Companyhttps://www.fastcompany.com/90347776/we-should-hold-tech-giants-to-these-5-rules-if-we-want-to-stop-manipulative-design"Our research shows the biggest digital platforms–Airbnb, Facebook, eBay and others–are collecting so much data on how we live, that they already have the capability to manipulate their users on a grand scale. They can predict behavior and influence our decisions on where to click, share and spend."
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28What Are “Ethics in Design”?2018Victoria SgarroUSASlatehttps://slate.com/technology/2018/08/ethics-in-design-what-exactly-does-that-mean.html
-52ce-4025-b208-0ad65e353b43		Examples of product design that fail on the ethics front are all too easy to find—like news feeds promoting fake news, ride-hailing companies psychologically exploiting workers, and virtual home assistants perpetuating negative gender stereotypes.
It’s not that product designers don’t care about the ethical ramifications
of their work—far from it. It’s that, too often, they assume that such considerations fall outside of their job description.
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29Who Do Designers Really Work For?2018Mike MonteiroUSAAdobe Bloghttps://theblog.adobe.com/design-ethics-who-designers-really-work-for/“You may be hiring us, and that may be your name on the check, but we do not work for you. We’re coming in to solve a problem, because we believe it needs to be solved, and it’s worth solving. But we work for the people being affected by that problem.
Our job is to look out for them because they’re not in the room.
And we will under no circumstances design anything that puts those people at risk.”
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30Why Fashion Doesn’t Pay Fair2019Sarah KentUKBusiness of Fashionhttps://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/news-analysis/why-fashion-doesnt-pay-fairBig brands have talked for decades about their commitment to workers’ rights, but millions of people who make our clothes still don’t earn enough to live off. Busiess of Fashion looks at how the industry needs to change to come up with a solution.
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ie. Design is Great!YearName Qualifierwww.websiteexample.orgInteresting article on...
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1AccessAbility 2: A Practical Handbook on Accessible Graphic Design2019Published by RGDCanadaAssociation of Registered Graphic Designers (RGD)Download PDF copyAccessible Design represents an area where designers have a great opportunity to impact a great number of people by understanding the barriers they face to accessing and understanding information. These guidelines are freely accessible to all (in pdf format) so that designers can understand the principles that will ensure their work reaches the widest possible audience.
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2A Graphic Designer's Guide to Pro Bono Work2018Published by RGDCanadaAssociation of Registered Graphic Designers (RGD)
https://www.rgd.ca/find-a-designer/designer-directory/pro-bono-work
Doing work for free isn't always a negative in our industry. RGD developed these guidelines in the hopes that designers would provide their services pro bono to causes that they believe in but recognized the difficultes and challenges that sometimes arise in these situations.
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3Free, Fee, Flee2016Published by RGDCanadaAssociation of Registered Graphic Designers (RGD)http://freefeeflee.ca/RGD developed this website to assist emerging designers to understand the various scenarios when they might be asked to do work for free and how to respond when this happens.
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4Accomplice Design or Ethical Design2011Rodolfo Fernández AlvarezSpainself published / Foroalfahttps://lnkd.in/eR8k6zTHow long are the designers going to keep collaborating with a system which leads us to an Earth disaster? he responsibility of the designers facing the last events happening in the world is vitally important. Like many professionals of other disciplines, our ethical position leads us to get involved in the changes that have been developing in the post industrial era, the climatic change, the pollution, the environmental destruction and their consequences, as well as in the effects of the overwhelming and self-destructive economic system in which we have been involved by force, which must generate profits at all costs in a short period resorting to wars and hunger in order to reach their targets; and to get involved as well in a forthcoming and contaminated technology of the system. All this implies that our vision of the project of designers might be useful to create a more human and sensible world, which is more concerned about an immediate present rather than about an uncertain future.
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