What we think it should be on the Map?

  1. It should include:

-Our definition of ideology, explaining why it it important for design.

-Mainstream design ideologies.

-Design movements and how they connect to mainstream ideologies on a given time.

-Examples of products to explain:

How ideology is embedded on products/how designers&commisioners’ ideology influences products)/ how design can be used for ideological agendas& purpose.

Useful infographics/ Information design pages

Collection of infographics for inspiration/analysis

 

https://informationisbeautiful.net/

http://www.visualcomplexity.com

https://datavis.tumblr.com/

http://data-ink.com

http://www.infographicsshowcase.com/

 

Tools for data visualisation

 

https://datavisualization.ch/tools/selected-tools/

 

Good articles about information design and design in general

 

http://www.informationdesign.org/

Four Futures, Life after Capitalism, by Peter Frase

Four Futures, Life after Capitalism, by Peter Frase

 

An insightful book about the future of humanity in the context of automation and climate change. Placed somewhere between science fiction and futurism, this book speculates about four possible future scenarios for humanity, arguing that class struggle is the factor to determine how automation and technology advancement will play in everybody’s benefit (or not) and how climate change will affect society.

Peter Frase qualify his practice as “social science fiction”. However, his work could also be qualified as design work, as it creatively develops well informed future scenarios. As he purposely focuses his work not on what is probable but on what is possible, his work might be close to speculative design.

Here, his article in Jacobine,

https://jacobinmag.com/2011/12/four-futures