James Auger and Julian Hanna, the duo behind the Crap Futures blog, talk to Marek Pawlowski about what motivated them to take on a provocative question we all ponder from time-to-time: whether or not the digital age we’re ushering in really represents the path to a better future? They talk about some of the dystopian examples they’ve highlighted at Crap Futures and share techniques we can all use to ensure the future really serves those who have to live in it. Get in touch with feedback and questions @mexfeed on Twitter or email designtalk@mobileuserexperience.com.

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On this edition

• Marek Pawlowski, co-host & founder of MEX (@marekpawlowski)
• James Auger, Associate Professor, Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute and Julian Hanna, Assistant Professor, Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute; co-founders of Crap Futures (@crapfutures)

Links

• Nuno Nunes, President, M-ITI
• ‘The automated island’, the Crap Futures post about automation at the swimming place
• Ray Bradbury, writer
• J G Ballard, writer
• The interview with Joe Macleod, author of Ends, in episode 36 of the MEX podcast
• ‘Technology and the Character of Contemporary Life: A Philosophical Inquiry’, by Albert Borgmann, in which he introduces the device paradigm
• Slow Food
• The Isophone project
• Auger Loizeau, James’ design studio
• Sensory deprivation theory
• Ars Electronica
• A selection of MEX articles on the theme of multi-sensory design
• CCCB, the Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona, which awarded the Cultural Innovation International prize for the Newton Machine project
• ‘Reconstrained design’, the Crap Futures post about their manifesto
• MEX article on using artificial constraints to improve experience design

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