1 The Futures Archive S2E6: the Bug Zapper
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Note: Zap Zone Defender This episode addresses subjects particularly delicate in mild of this weeks faculty taking pictures in Texas. While Design Observer has never shied away from tough conversations, the editors acknowledge that this content could also be tough for some listeners. Content Warning: Violence, killing, and death are mentioned in this episode. It could be arduous to seek out someone who desires to share area with a mosquito. Hence, the creation of the bug zapper. But as designers, how do we handle what lives and what doesnt? On this episode of The Futures Archive Lee Moreau and Sloan Leo go deep on how human-centered design doesnt always mirror Zap Zone Defender Device humanity. With further insights from David MacNeal, Juliano Morimoto, Zap Zone Defender Spee Kosloff, Paula Antonelli, and Lindsay Garcia. There's a necessity for bug zapper humans to exert their authority, however there is also a necessity for us to exert our love. The factor that I hope we hold area for is: This is all practice because its not going to be resolved, and it shouldnt be.


That will create some kind of stagnancy. Life is actually about holding space for dynamism, changes and cycles. Lee Moreau is President of Other Tomorrows, a design and innovation consultancy based 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're the founding father of FLOX Studio, a community design and strategy studio. David MacNeal is a author and the author of Bugged: 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 associate professor Zap Zone Defender 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 author, architect, and the Senior Curator within the Department of Architecture and Design on the Museum of Modern Art, as well as MoMAs founding director 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 giant because of this seasons sponsor, Automattic. Hi, everyone, Zap Zone Defender Review this is Lee. Every week is a little bit different on this show. And this week, while were still talking about design, were going to be speaking about some fairly serious issues. And so I would like to verify that everyone whos listening is conscious of that is in a great place when theyre listening. And i encourage you to test our present notes prior to listening to the episode so you perceive the context of what were talking about and prepare ourselves a bit. Beyond that, I welcome you to the conversation and i hope you find this conversation as highly effective because it was for us. And that i thanks for listening. Welcome to The Futures Archive, Zap Zone Defender Setup a show about human centered design the place this season, well take an object, look 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 article is the bug zapper. Well look on the historical past of that object from our perspective, Zap Zone Defender as designers whove finished work in human centered design. Not simply the way it seems and feels and sounds and smells, but also the connection between that object and the people it was designed for… … and with different people too. The Futures Archive is delivered to you by the design team at Automattic. Later on, well hear from Vanessa Riley Thurman, a member of Automattics Designer Experience Team. Sloan Leo, its great to see you once more. Thanks for joining us. Lee, it's a thrill to be here. So Im wondering-for this specific episode, Im questioning if you would tell me slightly bit about your history as a toddler with bugs and insects. Where you this form of like, like child that like cherished the creepy crawly stuff?