Design for the Masses Part 1: The Revolution Begins
The social and cultural potential of design is the hidden driving force behind the related professions. The ability to use design to solve the everyday problems of society fuels architecture students to endure »
Open Source Mapping: GIS For The Rest Of Us.
Data drives planning decisions, and those who have the data have the most power in making them. Unfortunately, it is usually governments and companies that have the data, and their decisions on planning and development »
Design for the Masses Part 4: Local Custom Production
3D printing is similar to traditional desktop printing in that it enables affordable and local fabrication of content from a computer. Where 3D printing differs from 2D printing is that the ink is replaced by a »
Design for the Masses Part 5: What's Next?
Doctor Rachel Armstrong, a writer, arts collaborator and medical practitioner, was also recently featured in another TED talk for the work that she is currently undertaking with the Bartlett to develop an »
Design for the Masses Part 2: Kit of Parts
The intersection of digital technology and architecture has not only shifted the way that design is developed but also how it is produced. New hardware advances including the development of Computer Numerical »
Design for Masses
Some people dismiss design as a purely aesthetic, luxury pursuit only afforded to the latte sippers of the world. This view is comparable to dismissing the entire medical profession for its plastic surgeons. 'Design For The Masses' investigates design in its capacity for global good, depicting how it is a driving force behind the well-being of the greater populace and should be prioritized by governments, even in times of economic hardship.
Open Source Mapping: GIS For The Rest Of Us.
Data drives planning decisions, and those who have the data have the most power in making them. Unfortunately, it is usually governments and companies that have the data, and their decisions on planning and development »
Design for the Masses Part 5: What’s Next?
There are many different avenues of speculation as to what is next in mass design but there is one direction that is most akin to the lineage that has been present in the Design for the Masses series so far. As »
Design for the Masses Part 4: Local Custom Production
Previous posts in the ‘Design for the Masses‘ series have explored how technology has helped the craftsmanship and accessibility of design through enabling greater access through affordability of highly »
Design for the Masses Part 3: Mass Customisation
The idea of quality and accessibility of design was initially sparked by a fear of the negative impact of technology on the production of designed objects and spaces. ‘Mass Customisation’ will investigate »
Design for the Masses Part 2: Kit of Parts
The first post on the ‘Design for the Masses’ series explored the value of the design as a problem solver and the origins of architects pursuit for socially sustainable design. This piece ‘Kit of »