Design Tomorrow
Design Tomorrow is a podcast about design, technology, and being human with a special emphasis on growing our awareness that what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mon, September 09, 2019
Phones Never Die. They're Eaten By Birds
Can we really call it progress when it creates so much waste? What if your phone — the one you’re using right now — was your last phone? Take a good look at it and imagine using it for the rest of your life. Could it even last that long? Could you? Probably not. Today I want to think about what that means. What happens to a planet and its people when technological progress is measured in product cycles. And what happens when there's no balance sheet to account for the other side of that — when every new product leaves billions of products and accessories and packaging behind… Show Notes My first cellphone My second cellphone This clip ended up on the cutting room floor, but here's Derek Zoolander's tiny phone You can learn more about the Agbogbloshie landfill by reading its Wikipedia page , looking at these photographs , or watching this documentary . Please watch it! You can learn more about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch here. "The Victims of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch," a clip from 60 Minutes Project Ara Demo at Google IO 2015 Google Cancels Project Ara The Fairphone Danny Boyle interviewed by Marc Maron Music All music used in this episode was independently produced by r beny and licensed by Design Tomorrow for non-commercial use. Felt Fall Creek Unit Formation Process Novation Peak Mariposa Alluvial Natoma Spindle Illumination Ceremony Credits Design Tomorrow is produced by Chris Butler at the Tomorrow offic
Mon, August 26, 2019
You Don't Have to Be an Entrepreneur, Part 2
Every discussion of entrepreneurship is really a discussion about values. Today, we'll follow up on last week's episode, where we began a discussion of entrepreneurship by resetting that idea — by challenging the story of entrepreneurship. We contrasted the protagonist — the hero CEO — with the reality of who we are. And we contrasted the plot — the capitalistic, meritocratic variant of the hero's journey — with the meandering serendipity of our lives' paths. But dismantling one story doesn't write ours for us. And so that's where we'll pick up today — with how we begin — by identifying, examining, and ordering our values so that they may serve as a foundation for the creative and productive lives we build upon them… Music All music used in this episode is independently produced and licensed by Design Tomorrow for non-commercial use. Di Breun , by Blue Dot Sessions Drip Hop Modular Beats , by r beny Oriel , by Blue Dot Sessions The Snowgard , by Blue Dot Sessions Crosswire , by Blue Dot Sessions Li Fonte , by Blue Dot Sessions E2 Ambient X , by r beny Credits Design Tomorrow is produced by Chris Butler at the Tomorrow office in Durham, NC. You can follow the show on Twitter @ dsgntmrrw . You can visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co , and you can email me at chris @ designtomorrow.co. Thanks for listening, and remember, what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Mon, August 19, 2019
You Don't Have to Be an Entrepreneur
Entrepreneurship doesn’t have to mean what you think it means. Over the course of the next two episodes, I'd like to share with you how my own perspective on “entrepreneurship” has evolved, and offer a critique of the sameness of the popular model of the entrepreneur. I'll also give you eight little nuggets of wisdom that have been helpful to me on my journey so far, and only grow in their value to me as it continues… Show Notes Newfangled , where I work. Music All music used in this episode is independently produced and licensed by Design Tomorrow for non-commercial use. Kirkus, by Blue Dot Sessions Transit Center, by Podington Bear Order of Entrance, by Blue Dot Sessions Lunette, by Blue Dot Sessions Tralaga, by Blue Dot Sessions Tolls Folly, by Blue Dot Sessions Exceter Lask, by Blue Dot Sessions Credits Design Tomorrow is produced by Chris Butler at the Tomorrow office in Durham, NC. You can follow the show on Twitter @ dsgntmrrw . You can visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co , and you can email me at chris @ designtomorrow.co. Thanks for listening, and remember, what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Mon, August 05, 2019
The Future vs. The Future
Every vision of the future is a better index of the present from which it came than whatever time it imagines. So today, let's look back at some of the things we believed would serve as landmarks of the future. Not to point out how quaint they are or to dunk on the blind spots of the past. But so that we can better understand why — no matter what shiny new objects we make and use — we never quite feel like we've gotten to the future. Why it's so difficult to recognize how far we've come… Show Notes The Dymaxion House Le Corbusier Lewis Mumford Lewis Mumford on The City Robert Heinlein did get a futurist house eventually . He just had to design it himself. The Entire History of You Music All music used in this episode is independently produced and licensed by Design Tomorrow for non-commercial use. Spirals , by r beny Fall Creek Unit , by r beny Live 182801 , by r beny Pines , by r beny Crystals & Graves , by r beny Volca Keys Arp Jam , by r beny Credits Design Tomorrow is produced by Chris Butler at the Tomorrow office in Durham, NC. You can follow the show on Twitter @ dsgntmrrw . You can visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co , and you can email me at chris @ designtomorrow.co. Thanks for listening, and remember, what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Mon, July 22, 2019
Words Matter
Too often we think of the word "design" as a shorthand for an ecosystem of mostly visual phenomena. But words play an enormous, though often unseen, role in the creation of everything. Today, I want to tell you a story about how my life was changed by a few words said quickly, but words which I will never forget... Music All music used in this episode is independently produced and licensed by Design Tomorrow for non-commercial use. Envira , by Blue Dot Sessions Our Digital Compass , by Blue Dot Sessions Svela Tal , by Blue Dot Sessions Tolls Folly , by Blue Dot Sessions Credits Design Tomorrow is produced by Chris Butler at the Tomorrow office in Durham, NC. You can follow the show on Twitter @ dsgntmrrw . You can visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co , and you can email me at chris @ designtomorrow.co. Thanks for listening, and remember, what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Mon, June 17, 2019
A.I. Ain't that I.
The majority of our clicking and tapping is a repetitive act of information management. Isn't A.I. supposed to help us with this? Don't hold your breath... Today, on Design Tomorrow, in the tradition of the rantiest of rants, I'd like to, well, rant about a few things. About AI and us, about wasted time and wasting of the land, and about the lowing and highing of design... Links The Sword in the Stone , Wart eats a bug “ It is important to use your hands. This is what distinguishes you from a cow or a computer operator .” - Paul Rand Music All music used in this episode is independently produced and licensed by Design Tomorrow for non-commercial use. Respiration , by Podington Bear Transit Center , by Podington Bear Twine , by Podington Bear The Dirty , by Podington Bear Free Radicals , by Podington Bear Lleb , by Podington Bear Data , by Podington Bear Dark Matter , by Podington Bear Rythn , by Podington Bear Credits Design Tomorrow is produced by Chris Butler at the Tomorrow office in Durham, NC. You can follow the show on Twitter @ dsgntmrrw . You can visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co, and you can email me at chris @ designtomorrow.co. Thanks for listening, and remember, what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Mon, June 03, 2019
The Glove, the Display, and the Possible Future
Is technology a means to an end — the ladder we climb to a future we want to inhabit because it's better for us than the present — or is it as far as we let our minds and hearts go? In this episode of Design Tomorrow, we'll connect a few stories about technology that didn't make it in order to better understand the technological path our culture is on... Links Split-flap displays Saying Goodbye to Philadelphia's 30th Street Station's Iconic Flip Board BERG's Pixel Track BERG's archived home page Music All music used in this episode is independently produced and licensed by Design Tomorrow for non-commercial use. Arbic Tallow , by Blue Dot Sessions Fall Creek Unit , by r beny Ervira , by Blue Dot Sessions Kalsted , by Blue Dot Sessions Arbinac , by Blue Dot Sessions Levanger , by Blue Dot Sessions Credits Design Tomorrow is produced by Chris Butler at the Tomorrow office in Durham, NC. You can follow the show on Twitter @ dsgntmrrw . You can visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co , and you can email me at chris @ designtomorrow.co. Thanks for listening, and remember, what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Mon, May 20, 2019
Ugh. Advertising.
Does advertising still make sense in our world today? How does a form of media always known as an associated form — as something that sips from the attention river flowing to and from other things — function when the complexity of those waterways has exponentially increased? Links Who is Using Twitter in the US? 28 Twitter Statistics All Marketers Need to Know in 2019 The Eye-Opening Influence of Instagram on Buying 10 Instagram Stats Every Marketer Should Know in 2019 The Cost of Paying Attention , by Matthew Crawford Jared Lanier on micropayments The Roosevelts , by Ken Burns Music All music used in this episode is independently produced and licensed by Design Tomorrow for non-commercial use. Greyleaf Willow , by Blue Dot Sessions Rainy Day Drone , by Blue Dot Sessions Fall Creek Unit , by r beny Loam , by Podington Bear EE2 Ambient , by r beny Wilt , by r beny E2 Ambient Electro Jam , by r beny Credits Design Tomorrow is produced by Chris Butler at the Tomorrow office in Durham, NC. You can follow the show on Twitter @ dsgntmrrw . You can visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co, and you can email me at chris @ designtomorrow.co. Thanks for listening, and remember, what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Mon, May 06, 2019
The Interface and Me
Are interfaces good? Or are they a distraction — for us the makers, and for the users we believe we are helping? How can we think better about both how we interface with digital experiences, personally, and how others do it? Today, we'll think deeply about the nature of the interface — what it is, and what it says about us, the people who made it — and explore the need for new rules for better interface-making... Links It's a Mistake to Mistake Content for Content , by Kenneth Goldsmith In the Kingdom of the Bored, the One-Armed Bandit is King , by Nicholas Carr Amish Hackers , by Kevin Kelly Kevin Kelly speaking at Google What Technology Wants , by Kevin Kelly Music All music used in this episode is independently produced and licensed by Design Tomorrow for non-commercial use. Bloom , by r beny Cyclotrak , by Blue Dot Sessions Svela Tal , by Blue Dot Sessions Tralaga , by Blue Dot Sessions Exceter Lask , by Blue Dot Sessions Credits Design Tomorrow is produced by Chris Butler at the Tomorrow office in Durham, NC. You can follow the show on Twitter @ dsgntmrrw . You can visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co, and you can email me at chris @ designtomorrow.co. Thanks for listening, and remember, what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Mon, April 22, 2019
Useful Fictions
We live in a time of illusions. Simulations that reflect back upon us more than just the passage of time, but something important about who we are. Something unique is going on right now — with the tools and technology we have — that is giving us the ability to stop, stretch, bend, and replay time. In this episode, we'll explore what that offers us, we for whom at some point, time will end... Links " Danielle " Timelapse of the Imperceptible Effects of Aging Created from Family Portraits by Anthony Cerniello " Noah takes a photo of himself every day for 12.5 years " Homer Simpson Time Lapse " Nancy Grows Up " " 41 Years in 60 Seconds " " The Arrow of Time " Star Trek TNG - Moriarty pleads his case for existence Stranger than Fiction - Harold confronts the necessity of his death Memento Mori Music All music used in this episode is independently produced and licensed by Design Tomorrow for non-commercial use. Danielle , by Mark Reveley Together We Are Stronger, by Komiku I Need to Start Writing Things Down , by Chris Zabriskie The Dark Glow of the Mountains , by Chris Zabriskie I Used to Need the Violence , by Chris Zabriskie Out of the Skies Under the Earth , by Chris Zabriskie Credits Design Tomorrow is produced by Chris Butler at the Tomorrow office in Durham, NC. You can follow the show on Twitter @ dsgntmrrw . You can visit the show's website at designtomorr
Mon, April 08, 2019
The Last Thing We Need Are Smartphones
When so many problems of existence remain unsolved, we haven't earned the luxury of smartphones. So this is an intervention. A challenge to the status quo of waste and distraction and triviality and short-term pile-on that is our way of life here in 2019... Links " Give it a second! It's going to space !" "not just actual attention but the promise of future, fictional, vaporous attention" - Dan Hon Flint, Michigan still doesn't have clean water Bill Gates made a machine that turns feces into drinkable water It’s In the Bag! Teenager Wins Science Fair, Solves Massive Environmental Problem Music All music used in this episode is independently produced and licensed by Design Tomorrow for non-commercial use. Invicta , by Blue Dot Sessions Bloom , by r beny Electribe 2 Meets System 1 , by r beny 4-Track Cassette Drone , by r beny Comma , by Blue Dot Sessions Credits Design Tomorrow is produced by Chris Butler at the Tomorrow office in Durham, NC. You can follow the show on Twitter @ dsgntmrrw . You can visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co , and you can email me at chris @ designtomorrow.co. Thanks for listening, and remember, what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Mon, March 25, 2019
Behind Every Robot
What is it about robots that compels us to create them? And what does it say about a culture that makes machine surrogates despite not having reached a consensus about why to make them in the first place? In this episode, we'll explore the robots taking over our world, and the agenda behind them... Links hitchBOT the definition of "robot" from Google and Wikipedia a drumming robot a spring-making robot oh, the many uses of springs Uber's first self-driven truck delivery was a beer run . Amazon's newest ambition: competing directly with UPS and FedEx The permanent transition The three laws of robotics The One Thing Real Quick Podcast " How to Keep Yourself Sane in Faketopia " Music All music used in this episode is independently produced and licensed by Design Tomorrow for non-commercial use. Inside the Toy Submarine, by Blue Dot Sessions Rotary Cog, by Blue Dot Sessions Bloom, by r beny Novation Peak Ambient II, by r beny Her Caliber, by Blue Dot Sessions Exquisite Motion, by Blue Dot Sessions Rainy Day Drone, by Blue Dot Sessions Tiny Bottles, by Blue Dot Sessions The Dustbin, by Blue Dot Sessions Credits Design Tomorrow is produced by Chris Butler at the
Mon, March 11, 2019
The Real Value of Ideas
What are our ideas worth? Are they as valuable as we think they are? And what might change about how we act on our ideas once we start thinking differently about how we value them and how unique they really are? In this episode, we'll explore how simultaneous ideas and discoveries throughout history show that ideas and minds probably work differently than we think... Links The Discovery of Endorphins Who invented Electricity? List of multiple discoveries The Theory of Multiples Dueling Movies are a real thing This episode is based upon an article I wrote in 2015 called " What is an idea worth? " Music All music used in this episode is independently produced and licensed by Design Tomorrow for non-commercial use. Ultraviolet Clouds Clone , by by r beny Bloom , by r beny Flashing Runner , by Blue Dot Sessions Canopy , by r beny Passing Station , by Blue Dot Sessions E2 Ambient X , by r beny Credits Design Tomorrow is produced by Chris Butler at the Tomorrow office in Durham, NC. You can follow the show on Twitter @ dsgntmrrw . You can visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co , and you can email me at chris @ designtomorrow.co. Thanks for listening, and remember, what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Tue, February 26, 2019
How to Make Good Things
They say that practice makes perfect. I'll settle for "practice makes good," thank you very much! In this episode of Design Tomorrow , we'll explore what it means to practice - what there is in repetition that can help us to get better. Not just at what we do, but also at who we are. Links My drawing professor, Alfred Decredico . Balancing Data with Intuition , by Jon Yablonski The Way to Make Good Things is to Make Many Things , by Chris Butler Music All music used in this episode is independently produced and licensed by Design Tomorrow for non-commercial use. Arctic Draba , by Blue Dot Sessions But Enough About Me Bill Paxton , by Chris Zabriskie Illumination Ritual , by r beny Drift & Divide , by r beny Cold Summers, by Blue Dot Sessions Volca FM Meets PO , by r beny Credits Design Tomorrow is produced by Chris Butler at the Tomorrow office in Durham, NC. You can follow the show on Twitter @ dsgntmrrw . You can visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co , and you can email me at chris @ designtomorrow.co.Thanks for listening, and remember, what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Mon, February 11, 2019
Computer World
There are very few people left on Earth for whom the world isn't shaped by computers or seen through their screens. But does it have to be this way? In this episode, we'll explore how screens — and the images they reveal — are just as much a manifestation of the world from which they come as they are the raw materials of a story about the next one: the future... Links The IBM Portable PC 5155 Blade Runner - Opening Scene Human Progress Landscape , the not-so-good student animation I made in 2003, but for which I still retain some fondness The machine I used to make it: the Sony VAIO Digital Studio Jony Ive's magical voice for Apple marketing you may have noticed some sound from the Tron Lightbike Scene The Matrix "What is Real?" scene keen listeners and sci-fi aficionados will have noticed sounds from the Nostromo boot sequence in Alien you may have also noticed some sound from The Lawnmower Man's disconnecting scene What Technology Wants , by Kevin Kelly The last clip you heard came from WarGames - The WOPR introduction scene Music With the exception of a brief sample from a live performance of Kraftwerk in 1978, all music used in this episode was independently produced and shared with Design Tomorrow for non-commercial use by Able Parris of kamuter . Stratosfear , by kamuter Discovery , by kamuter the robots (live) , by Kraftwerk Frequency , by kamuter Terraform , by <a href="https://kamuter.world/" target="_blank"
Mon, January 28, 2019
This Creation of Our Genius
As long as we've been self-aware, we've desired companionship. And yet, we are not enough for one another; we hunger for something more - something that folklore, imaginary friends, and now technology have attempted to satisfy. Today, we stand at a crossroads beyond which is a future full of artificial lives. What kinds of minds will we create for ourselves? And what kind of future will those minds make for us? Links " The Measure of a Man ," Season 2, Episode 9 of Star Trek: The Next Generation Her " Be Right Back ," Season 2, Episode 1 of Black Mirror THX 1138 The confession scene in THX 1138 " When her best friend died, she rebuilt him using artificial intelligence ." The tablets on Star Trek: The Next Generation were called PADDs ...and there were a lot of them Music All music used in this episode is independently produced and licensed by Design Tomorrow for non-commercial use. MD by r beny But Enough About Me, Bill Paxton , by Chris Zabriskie Cities Sleep Like Seeds by r beny The Sea's Sullen Green by r beny Empty Grinds by r beny Glisten by r beny Credits Design Tomorrow is produced by Chris Butler at the Tomorrow office in Durham, NC. You can follow the show on Twitter @dsgntmrrw. You can visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co, and you can email me at chris @ designtomorrow.co. Thanks for listening, and remember, what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='h
Mon, January 14, 2019
How to Get Your Time Back
The more time passes, the faster it feels it's moving. It's an illusion, of course, but does that really matter? If you feel like it's moving faster, it might as well be. The shrinkiness of time is part of the human condition. But the secret you may not know is that you can slow it down . You can get your time back. Here are eight ways... Links " Life is Short ," by Paul Graham The boiling frog phenomenon\ My preferred notebook Deep Work , by Cal Newport Music All music used in this episode is independently produced and licensed by Design Tomorrow for non-commercial use. Morning Colorwheel , by Blue Dot Sessions Machination , by Blue Dot Sessions Our Digital Compass , by Blue Dot Sessions Basin , by r beny Ecrins Eurorack Ambient , by r beny Cold Summers , by Blue Dot Sessions Full Blossom of the Evening , by r beny Credits Design Tomorrow is produced by Chris Butler at the Tomorrow office in Durham, NC. You can follow the show on Twitter @dsgntmrrw . You can visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co , and you can email me at chris @ designtomorrow.co. Thanks for listening, and remember, what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Tue, January 01, 2019
Ticking Progress Bombs
Progress is something we all try to work toward, but how do we really know if we're making any? And if progress isn’t permanent, is it progress at all? In this episode, we'll explore progress and the ways that certain forms of it actually trap us in the past... Links Ronald Wright, A Short History of Progress Interview with Ronald Wright, " What is Progress " Music All music used in this episode is independently produced and licensed by Design Tomorrow for non-commercial use. Early Renaissance Music , Shakespear's Time Western Sycamore , by r beny Our Digital Compass , by Blue Dot Sessions String Theory , by r beny Traditional Polynesian Music , The Culture Society Burl , by r beny June 12, 2014 , by r beny Dulcinea Eurotrack Modular Ambient , by r beny Credits Design Tomorrow is produced by Chris Butler at the Tomorrow office in Durham, NC. You can follow the show on Twitter @dsgntmrrw . You can visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co , and you can email me at chris @ designtomorrow.co. Thanks for listening, and remember, what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Tue, November 20, 2018
The Voice Interface
We're all using voice interfaces now — a thing of science fiction now very much in our reality. But it turns out that feelings — things like fear, loneliness, trust, and desire — play just as much of a role in the way these machines work than do databases and code... Links Data talks to the Computer Josh.ai Josh promotional video We Are Hopelessly Hooked on Technology B.J. Fogg Tristan Harris on the needed design renaissance Music All music used in this episode is independently produced and licensed by Design Tomorrow for non-commercial use. Mercurial Vision , by Blue Dot Sessions I Can't Imagine Where I'd Be Without It , by Chris Zabriskie Cascade Symmetry , by r beny Auroral , by r beny Sidrax Organ Black Fountain , by r beny Elatan , by Gustav Landin Credits You can follow the show on Twitter @ dsgntmrrw . You can visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co , and you can email me at chris @ designtomorrow.co. Thanks for listening, and remember, what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Thu, November 01, 2018
The Power of Perspective
In a world as crowded with technological tools for measuring our progress as ours is, sometimes the best way to see how far we've come is, literally, in our own hands and on our own faces. In this episode, we'll discuss a simple exercise you can do to test your perspective and how well it accounts for other people, not just you. Links A 30-second test to determine whether your boss is a gem or a jerk Music All music used in this episode is independently produced and licensed by Design Tomorrow for non-commercial use. The Terrarium , by Blue Dot Sessions Mercurial Vision , by Blue Dot Sessions Novation Peak Ambient , by r beny The Fossils of Intention , by r beny Paper House , by r beny Credits You can follow the show on Twitter @ dsgntmrrw . You can visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co , and you can email me at chris @ designtomorrow.co. Thanks for listening, and remember, what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow. After-Credits Links Joy's Law Tingbot Web Decay Graph Redesigning a blog to meet business objectives You're ending your emails wrong Man plays Beatles song on guitar while undergoing brain surgery Goodnight Dune See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Tue, October 16, 2018
What is real?
It may sound like a rhetorical question, but asking "what is real?" is becoming more and more a practical inquiry into the nature of our everyday experience. In this episode of Design Tomorrow, we'll imagine a future — not too far off — where the lines between real and something else will be so blurry that we'll probably need a whole new category of technology to help us bring them back into focus... Links The Pyramids at Giza The Mona Lisa Photosynth Audio Spotlight Talking Window Active Listening VR Headset Project Bluebeam Music Cathedral Redwoods , by r beny Hallon , by Christian Bjoerklund Novation Peak Ambient , by r beny Oella , by r beny Credits Design Tomorrow is produced by Chris Butler at the Tomorrow office in Durham, NC. You can follow the show on Twitter @dsgntmrrw , visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co , or email Chris directly at chris @ designtomorrow.co. Thanks for listening, and remember, what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow. After-Credits Links DSCOVR sends 11 photos of Earth back to NASA every day Imogen Heap's musical gloves Scientists hope to lengthen dog years Chinese DNA-edited superdogs "…<a href="https://www.i
Tue, October 02, 2018
Design is Art with Rules
There is no good definition of design. In this episode, Chris talks about what distinguishes design from art, and how accountability plays a unique role in making the distinction clear. Links 4'33" , by John Cage The scene sampled at the end of the episode is from "A Matter of Perspective," Season 3, Episode 14 of Star Trek: The Next Generation. You can view the clip here . Music Wilt, by r beny Mercurial Vision, by Blue Dot Sessions ektar, by r beny Credits Design Tomorrow is produced by Chris Butler at the Tomorrow office in Durham, NC. You can follow the show on Twitter @dsgntmrrw , visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co , or email Chris directly at chris @ designtomorrow.co. Thanks for listening, and remember, what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow. After-Credits Links “ Conservatively, our prison story cost roughly $350,000. The banner ads that appeared in it brought in $5,000, give or take .” An Open Letter to Managers of Women This clock writes the time Victorians Wanted to Contact Aliens Using Giant Mirrors Study Finds That People’s Brains Show a Neural Spike When a Friend’s Brain is Stimulated 3,000 year old intact ostrich egg Principles of Two-Dimensional Design , by Wucius Wong See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'
Tue, September 18, 2018
How to Think About the Future
We all think about the future. Probably more than we're even aware. But, is thinking about the future useful? Does thinking about the future actually help us make one that's better? In this episode of Design Tomorrow, we'll talk about the future. Not a specific future, but the possibility of one. And what it means to envision the future — practically — in a way that both shapes our present and ensures progress... Links Traction , by Gino Wickman Music Winter Tracks , by r beny Refraction , by Podington Bear Hallon , by Christian Bjoerklund Vernal Bloom , by r beny Credits Design Tomorrow is produced by Chris Butler at the Tomorrow office in Durham, NC. You can follow the show on Twitter @ dsgntmrrw , visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co , or email Chris directly at chris @ designtomorrow.co. Thanks for listening, and remember, what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow. After-Credits Links Quiz: Can we guess your age and income, based solely on the apps on your phone ? This Mind-Blowing Music Machine Is Powered by 2,000 Marbles How Chris Marker’s Radical SciFi Film, La Jetée, Changed the Life of Cyberpunk Prophet, William Gibson HOW TO Take a photo with a piece of paper Collie Lover The Image of the City , by Kevin Lynch
Tue, September 04, 2018
Active Erasure
In this episode, Chris tells a story about a drawing professor who taught him about not just identifying the negative space in our thoughts and actions, but something he called active erasure, and how being intentional about the act of taking things out can not only improve the work we do, but change its very nature... Links Alfred DeCredico How to Grow an Idea , by Jenny Odell Music Raro Bueno, by Chuzausen Veins of Silver, by Blue Dot Sessions Bathyscaphe, by r beny Credits You can follow the show on Twitter @ dsgntmrrw , just leave all the vowels out. That's @ D S G N T M R R W. You can visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co , and you can email me at chris @ designtomorrow.co. Thanks for listening, and remember, what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow. After-Credits Links More than half your body isn't human . MIT's wearable device can 'hear' the words you say in your head. Do We Finally Understand How Acupuncture Works ? Shh! Don’t Tell Them There’s No Magic In Design Thinking https://twitter.com/davewiner/status/987350876602978305 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Thu, August 23, 2018
Getting Out of Our Own Way
In this episode, Chris talks about what it means for designers to get out of their own way, and he shares a couple of ways he's made that not only more possible in his life, but more natural to his day to day. Things Mentioned in the Show Clients from Hell “I am trying to be unfamiliar with what I am doing." Said by John Cage. The full quote is, "I am trying to check my habits of seeing, to counter them for the sake of greater freshness. I am trying to be unfamiliar with what I am doing." I'm honestly not sure what the original source of this quote is; it's been quoted in thousands of secondary sources, though. 4'33" , by John Cage Music All music used in this episode is independently produced and licensed by Design Tomorrow for non-commercial use. Rythn, by Podington Bear Hallon, by Christian Bjoerklund Old Growth, by r beny Credits Design Tomorrow is produced by Chris Butler at the Tomorrow office in Durham, NC. You can follow the show on Twitter @dsgntmrrw , visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co , or email Chris directly at chris @ designtomorrow.co. Thanks for listening, and remember, what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow. After-Credits Links This startup uses machine learning and satellite imagery to predict crop yields IKEA - Let's Relax Consciousness: The Mind Messing With the Mind http://prostheticknowledge.tumblr.com/post/148449669971/worlds-first-tattoo-by-industrial-robot Biutiful , by Ash Koosha A Primer of Visual Literacy See <a style='color:grey;' ta
Thu, August 23, 2018
The Magic of Ordinary Objects
In this episode, Chris talks about appreciating the design of everyday objects, minimalism, and how some objects can reflect a life well lived. Links I mentioned a bunch of objects I own that I especially value. Only some can be found online, so this is a partial list: My preferred notebook is a Stillman & Birn Epsilon sketchbook My preferred pen is a Pilot G2 .7mm Fine Point in black My preferred belt is a Grip6 My preferred pants are a pair of Edgevale Cast Iron Utility Pants in Smoke Black . In the summer, I wear a pair of Fjallraven High Coast Trousers in Limestone My preferred boots are Blundstone Super 550 in black My preferred t-shirts are Woolly Merino V-Neck in Grey My wallet is a BRYK stainless steel case My watch is a Trintec Zulu-07 in Stainless Steel My bag is a Booq Boa Briefcase If you don't know the Spin Doctors song I referenced, congratulations. If you can't handle not knowing it, you can listen to it here . Ubik is a book by Philip K. Dick. You should read it. Bruce Sterling coined the term "Spime" in his book, Shaping Things . You should read that, too. Music All music featured in this episode (except for the tiny bit of Two Princes) is independently produced and licensed by Design Tomorrow for non-commercial use. Bass Rider, by <a href="https://www.soundofpicture.c
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