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Review: Designing a World that Works For All – Solutions & Strategies for Meeting the World’s Needs – 2005-2013 Labs

Medard Gabel 5.0 out of 5 stars Co-Creator with Buckminster Fuller of the Analog World Game, The Gold Standard for Serious Games 4.0, September 4, 2014 Medard Gabel, co-creator with Buckminster Fuller of the analog World Game, and architect of the digital EarthGame(TM), is “root” for anyone who wishes to do holistic design, true cost …

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Jean Lievens: Sharing Economy Precariat — Brokering Labor to the Bone — While Neglecting True Costs and Redesign

Check App. Accept Job. Repeat. In the Sharing Economy, Workers Find Both Freedom and Uncertainty EXTRACT Ms. Guidry, 35, earns money by using her own car to ferry around strangers for Uber, Lyft and Sidecar, ride services that let people summon drivers on demand via apps. She also assembles furniture and tends gardens for clients …

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John Steiner: Gandhi 3.0 & Design for Generosity

Here’s a TedX talk that was just released which shares more details on the concept of many-to-many: Gandhi 3.0 (slides here).  For more context, Designing for Generosity speaks more about ServiceSpace values and its implications. Also here some downsides: From Sharing Economy to Gift Ecology

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Berto Jongman: Malaysian Airlines Round Two – Diego Garcia Chartering Cargo Ship Designed for Mass Body Transport?

New Evidence That Flight 370 Was Diverted To US Military Base US Navy Cargo Ship Only Used To Carry People Or Bodies Further evidence has emerged which may support the theory that Malaysian jetliner 370 and its 239 missing passengers and crew were taken to the US military base of Diego Garcia, located to the south …

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Yoda: Design Thinking Meets True Cost Economics — Change Type Font, Save $370 Million

Font of Knowledge: Teenager Finds Typeface Switch Could Save US Government $370m A high school student from Pittsburgh has discovered a simple but innovative method that could save the US government approximately $370 million (£222m) a year in printing ink costs: Change the typeface it uses. Fourteen-year-old Suvir Mirchandani began his investigation into which typefaces …

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