http://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/2006/04/29/is-design-political/ Design and human behaviour Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:34:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/2006/04/29/is-design-political/comment-page-1/#comment-1632 Architectures of Control in Design » Neuros: ‘Freedom by Design’ Wed, 05 Jul 2006 21:59:11 +0000 http://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/?p=63#comment-1632 [...] This is just the kind of intelligent engagement by product designers & engineers with the political implications of - and influences on - their work for which I’ve been looking throughout the ‘Architectures of Control’ project. Whether it meets the kind of criteria proposed by Jennie Winhall’s ‘Is Design Political?‘, I don’t know, but by standing up for users’ rights in such an open and frank way, and indeed structuring its business around that philosophy, Neuros seems a lot closer to real user-centred design than the vague waffle so often promulgated as such. [...] [...] This is just the kind of intelligent engagement by product designers & engineers with the political implications of – and influences on – their work for which I’ve been looking throughout the ‘Architectures of Control’ project. Whether it meets the kind of criteria proposed by Jennie Winhall’s ‘Is Design Political?‘, I don’t know, but by standing up for users’ rights in such an open and frank way, and indeed structuring its business around that philosophy, Neuros seems a lot closer to real user-centred design than the vague waffle so often promulgated as such. [...]

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