In this weeks seminar we took a look at perspectives and biases of design. We looked at the 10 rules of good design by Dieter Rams and also talked about biases of design in our daily life.

Personal experience/thoughts:

I reflected a lot on the design-biased-part of this seminar. As a small woman with short legs I'm facing more design biases on a daily base, than I was aware of. I worked a long time in a high building with air-conditioner and always felt cold whilst working. I accepted that I'm too short for a few things in the fitness studios (bike, few machines…). And when I'm driving a car I'm not only at higher risk because I'm a woman but also because to reach the gas with my foot, I stick at the steering wheel. At events I hate going to the restrooms because it feels like I spend more time standing in the queue than at the event.

The history of interaction design is broad and multilayered:

• Computer Interface (wish / dream → replicater from Star Trek)
• Computer Control (from punch cards for weavers to parametric design)
• Design Unruled (reflect on the 10 rules of Dieter Rams for a good design and apply those that make sense to you)
• Design Biased (design for social justice, because designers in the past have tend to remember only men)

I put the rules of Dieter Rams that I agreed with, in my own priority order:

• Good design is environmentally friendly (life-centered-design instead of human-centered → think bigger)
• Good design is long lasting (time to see beyond our wallet)
• Good design is honest (should not be like a Trojan horse - the consumer should get what he expects from the product, and not be manipulated with promises that cannot be kept)
• Good design is thought down to the last detail
• Good design is to make a product useful (the consumer understands the design and see it's use)
• Good design makes a product understandable
• Good design is aesthetic
• Good design is as little design as possible