Small Islands of Coherence with John Thackara
1 episode - English - Latest episode: over 5 years ago -Can small design actions make a meaningful difference?
The physicist Ilya Prigogine gives me hope that they can - and do. 'When a system is far from equilibrium” he wrote, "small islands of coherence have the capacity to shift the entire system’. In that spirit, this podcast is about real-world actions, happening now - in the worlds of ecology, food, fibre, fashion, making, care, and infrastructure - where design has made a difference.
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John Thackara 'Designing for all of life, not just human life'
October 23, 2018 05:00 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBHello and welcome to another episode of This is HCD. My name is Gerry Scullion and I'm a human centered design practitioner based in Dublin, Ireland, and this week I caught up with one of my design heroes, John Thackara whilst I was hosting the incredible Service Design Days conference in Barcelona recently. I was so happy to speak to John, having read much of his work for such a long time and currently reading his latest fantastic book 'How to thrive in the next economy' a book that has led...