Author: b.
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cultural organizing in the mamdani campaign
Zohran Mamdani’s 2025 campaign for Mayor of New York is a groundbreaking mix of organizing, creative work, and constructive politics.
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counterlibidinal vibes
the libidinal attractions of consumer capitalism need to be met with a counterlibido, not simply an anti-libidinal dampening – Postcapitalist Desire: The Final Lectures
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defining “design for good”
Ask a designer to define design and it becomes philosophical, poetic, grandiose, all-encompassing. It becomes a container for hopes and dreams, an expression of one’s identity, a sales pitch, an academic rabbit hole, maybe even redirection for deep insecurities. But as such, it’s often nebulous, hyperbolic, subjective, sometimes confusing.
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who gets to talk about design?
Design is a big field. It’s many big fields. Not only are there a lot of different types of design, there are vastly different experiences and challenges within each field. There’s graphic design, user experience design, UI design, brand design, service design, game design, experiential design, type design, urban design, landscape design, architecture, interior design,…
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demographic surveys & the perpetuation of the white race
I don’t want anybody working with me because they think they are doing something for me. What I want them to do is work in their own communities. I want you to tell your brothers and your sisters… Don’t tell me, because I already know.- James Baldwin
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UX ethics and how to get there
Ethics has emerged as a common discussion topic and concern for user experience practitioners. It makes sense. As technology has gotten more advanced over the past decade with massive platform infrastructures in place and growing implementations of AI/ML, technologies have grown very powerful. The pressure to grow profits is relentless. Competition between products is fierce.…