Make the World a Better Place - Design With Passion, Purpose, and Values

Informationen zum Autor Robert Kozma, PhD, is Emeritus Principal Scientist at SRI International. During his fifty-year career, he has served as a grade school math teacher, a research scientist and professor, and a design and innovation consultant. He has counseled high tech companies, multinational organizations, and ministries of education to use technologies and methodologies to improve learning, teaching, and education. Klappentext " This book is a must read for all with an interest in the future of design ." -Jim Spohrer, PhD, Retired Industry executive, International Society of Service Innovation Professionals " The world is in need of better design, and Kozma's book shows us how to get there ." -Mark Guzdial, Director, Program in Computing for the Arts and Sciences, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering, University of Michigan Design services, products, experiences, and places that transform the world for the better Make the World a Better Place: Design with Passion, Purpose, and Values presents an insightful and hands-on discussion of design as a profoundly human activity and challenges us all to use design to transform the world for the better. The book explains how and why the design industry lost its way, and how to re-ignite the idealism that once made it a force for good. Make the World a Better Place describes a set of moral principles, based on our shared humanity, that can be used to create "good" designs: designs that reduce harm, increase well-being, advance knowledge, promote equality, address injustice, and build supportive, compassionate relationships and communities. Dr. Kozma applies philosophy, psychology, sociology, and history to the world of design, including: Examples and case studies of designs-both good and bad Seven principles of good design, based on the impact designs have on people An approach to design as a "moral dialog among co-creators," in which the seven principles can be applied to intentionally improve the world Comprehensive explorations of a person-resource-activity model that explains how technology shapes designs Detailed analyses of the strengths and pitfalls of five design traditions, which include the scientific, technical-analytic, human-centered, aesthetic, and social movement traditions Zusammenfassung "This book is a must read for all with an interest in the future of design."--Jim Spohrer, PhD, Retired Industry executive, International Society of Service Innovation Professionals"The world is in need of better design, and Kozma's book shows us how to get there."--Mark Guzdial, Director, Program in Computing for the Arts and Sciences, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering, University of MichiganDesign services, products, experiences, and places that transform the world for the betterMake the World a Better Place: Design with Passion, Purpose, and Values presents an insightful and hands-on discussion of design as a profoundly human activity and challenges us all to use design to transform the world for the better. The book explains how and why the design industry lost its way, and how to re-ignite the idealism that once made it a force for good.Make the World a Better Place describes a set of moral principles, based on our shared humanity, that can be used to create "good" designs: designs that reduce harm, increase well-being, advance knowledge, promote equality, address injustice, and build supportive, compassionate relationships and communities.Dr. Kozma applies philosophy, psychology, sociology, and history to the world of design, including:* Examples and case studies of designs--both good and bad* Seven principles of good design, based on the imp...

List of contents

Part I A World by Design 1
 
1 Moral Imperative 3
 
To Design Is Human 4
 
Moral Responsibility of Designers 5
 
The Designed World 6
 
The best of times 7
 
The worst of times 9
 
How Has Design Failed Us? 10
 
Designs and users fail 11
 
The design process fails us 11
 
Designers fail us 12
 
Systems fail us 12
 
Moral Decisions and Their Consequences 13
 
Case Study: Boeing 737 MAX 8 14
 
Your Designs Might Save Us 16
 
References 17
 
2 What Is Design? 25
 
Everyday Design 25
 
Everyday Designers 26
 
Design as a Process 27
 
Purpose 28
 
Process 29
 
Outcomes 29
 
Impact 30
 
Good Designs versus Good Impacts 31
 
Everyday Designs and Making the World Better 32
 
Case Study: Chef Andrés and the World Central Kitchen 33
 
Designs Big, Small, and Not at All 36
 
References 38
 
3 Moral Foundations for Designing a Better World 41
 
The Philosophers and "The Good" 42
 
The Good 42
 
Moral Foundations for Good Design 43
 
Happiness not harm 43
 
Knowledge, reasoning, and agency 47
 
Equality and Justice 49
 
The social nature of humans 51
 
Self and Others 53
 
Self- interest 53
 
Rational egoism 54
 
The Philosophes and concern for others 55
 
References 57
 
4 Design within a System 59
 
Systems: Simple, Complex, and Complex Adaptive 60
 
Simple and complex systems 60
 
Complex adaptive systems 61
 
The Dynamics of Complex Adaptive Human Systems 62
 
Self-interest, reciprocity, and trust 62
 
Social system as a normative culture of trust and caring 65
 
Design to Make the System Work 65
 
Designs at the micro level 66
 
Designs at the macro level 67
 
Designs at the community level 68
 
Elinor Ostrom and Design for the Common Good 69
 
Case Study: Baton Rouge and "Imagine Plank Road" 69
 
The Appropriate Level of Complexity 73
 
References 74
 
5 Technology, Activity, and Culture 77
 
How to Think about Technology 78
 
Technology at the Micro Level: Affordances and Activity 78
 
Person-resource-activity model 79
 
Affordances and activity in the outer environment 79
 
Affordances and changing the inner environment 81
 
Embedded technology 82
 
Technology at the Macro Level: Culture and Impact 82
 
Moral Impacts of Technology and Our Designs 84
 
Artificial intelligence and human well-being 85
 
Social media, harm, and community 86
 
Web 3.0 and the future of community 90
 
CRISPR and the future of humanity 92
 
The moral challenge of technology 93
 
References 93
 
Part II Our Design Traditions 99
 
6 The Scientific Tradition 101
 
Design Traditions 101
 
Roots of the Scientific Revolution 102
 
Early Western science 102
 
The Scientific Revolution 104
 
Characteristics of the Scientific Tradition 104
 
Purpose 105
 
Process 106
 
Outcomes 107
 
Impact 108
 
Case Study: Mendelian Genetics 108
 
Systemic Implications of the Scientific Tradition 112
 
Moral Implications of the Scientific Tradition 112
 
References 114
 
7 The Technical- Analytic Tradition 117
 
Roots in the Industrial Revolution 117
 
Emergence of the Technical-Analytic Tradition 118
 
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Product details

• Authors: Kozma, R Kozma, Robert Kozma, Kozma Robert
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2023
• EAN: 9781394173471
• ISBN: 978-1-394-17347-1
• No. of pages: 384
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Philosophie, Architektur, Architekturtheorie, Architecture, Architectural Theory, Angewandte Ethik, Philosophy, Applied Ethics, Art & Applied Arts, Kunst u. Angewandte Kunst, Architektur / Theorie, Design-Geschichte u. -Theorie, Design History & Theory