1 The Futures Archive S2E6: the Bug Zapper
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Note: This episode addresses subjects notably sensitive in light of this weeks school taking pictures in Texas. While Design Observer has by no means shied away from tough conversations, the editors acknowledge that this content material could also be difficult for some listeners. Content Warning: Violence, killing, and dying are mentioned in this episode. It could be exhausting to search out someone who wants to share house with a mosquito. Hence, the creation of the bug zapper. But as designers, how will we address what lives and Zap Zone Defender what doesnt? On this episode of The Futures Archive Lee Moreau and Sloan Leo go deep on how human-centered design doesnt always mirror humanity. With further insights from David MacNeal, Juliano Morimoto, Defender by Zap Zone Spee Kosloff, Paula Antonelli, and Lindsay Garcia. There's a need for people to exert their authority, Zap Zone Defender but there can be a necessity for us to exert our love. The thing that I hope we hold area for is: That is all follow as a result of its not going to be resolved, and it shouldnt be.


That would create some type of stagnancy. Life is definitely about holding area for dynamism, Zap Zone Defender adjustments and cycles. Lee Moreau is President of Other Tomorrows, a design and innovation consultancy based mostly in Boston, and a Professor of Practice in Design at Northeastern University. Sloan Leo (they/he) is a Community Design theorist, educator, and practitioner. They are the founding father of FLOX Studio, a group design and strategy studio. David MacNeal is a writer and the author of Bugged: UV bug zapper The Insects Who Rule the World and the People Obsessive about Them. Dr. Juliano Morimoto is an entomologist and lecturer on the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. Spee Kosloff is an affiliate professor of psychology at California State University in Fresno and co-writer of "Killing Begets Killing: Evidence From a Bug-Killing Paradigm That Initial Killing Fuels Subsequent Killing". Paola Antonelli is an writer, architect, and Zap Zone Defender the Senior Curator in the Department of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art, as well as MoMAs founding director Zap Zone Defender System of Research and Development.


Lindsay Garcia is an artist, scholar, and an assistant dean at Brown University. Kathleen Fu created the illustrations for every episode. A big due to this seasons sponsor, Automattic. Hi, everyone, this is Lee. Every week is a little bit completely different on this show. And Zap Zone Defender this week, whereas were still speaking about design, Zap Zone Defender were going to be talking about some fairly severe issues. And Zap Zone Defender so I want to verify that everybody whos listening is conscious of that's in a superb place when theyre listening. And i encourage you to examine our show notes previous to listening to the episode so that you perceive the context of what were talking about and put together ourselves a bit. Beyond that, I welcome you to the dialog and that i hope you discover this dialog as powerful as it was for us. And i thank you for listening. Welcome to The Futures Archive, a present about human centered design where this season, well take an object, search for the human at the middle and keep asking questions.


… and I am Sloan Leo. On each episode were going to start out with an object with energy. Today the object is the bug zapper. Well look at the history of that object from our perspective, Zap Zone Defender as designers whove executed work in human centered design. Not just how it appears to be like and feels and sounds and smells, but also the connection between that object and the folks it was designed for… … and with different people too. The Futures Archive is brought to you by the design staff at Automattic. Later on, well hear from Vanessa Riley Thurman, a member of Automattics Designer Experience Team. Sloan Leo, its wonderful to see you once more. Thanks for joining us. Lee, it's a thrill to be here. So Im wondering-for this explicit episode, Im wondering if you could inform me a bit of bit about your history as a baby with bugs and insects. Where you this sort of like, like child that like beloved the creepy crawly stuff?