Reading Design is an online archive of critical writing about design.
The idea is to embrace the whole of design, from architecture and urbanism to product, fashion, graphics and beyond. The texts featured here date from the nineteenth century right up to the present moment but each one contains something which remains relevant, surprising or interesting to us today.
The Extinction Rebellion Climate Factsheet for Rebels.
The facts here are listed in a particular order to present a coherent rationale for the need for dramatic change in UK government response to the climate and ecological emergency.
“I’m not Extreme, Consumerism Is.”
Schadet die 5G-Technologie der Gesundheit?
Drei Texte, die Krautreporterin Silke Jäger geholfen haben, eine Antwort zu finden:
Remember the MillionDollarHomepage?
PixelPirate's revolutionary MillionDollarHomepage-As-A-Service (MDHPAAS) technology enables rapid surveillance of the volatile MillionDollarHomepage Pixel Aftermarket.
Recycling Is Like a Band-Aid on Gangrene.
(…) the Civic Laboratory for Environmental Action Research (…) conducts its research on microplastics from a feminist and anti-colonial perspective.
A Unicorn with a Soul: Zipline’s Unbelievable Comeback Accelerates with a new $190m Round.
The unicorn club tends to be filled with four types of companies. (…) Zipline, which just announced a $190 million round of funding at a $1.2 billion valuation, fits in none of those categories. (…) It delivers life saving medical supplies to African nations via drones.
Wander-Touren (zumeist in Wien und NÖ), Wiener Stadtwanderwege (mit manchen alternativen Routen), Wasserwege entlang von Ufern und Aulandschaften sowie Spaziergänge durch Parkanlagen und Bezirke.
How decentralized networking actually might going to happen.
When Grown-Ups Get Caught in Teens’ AirDrop Crossfire.
Teens say that sending things out via AirDrop is superior to social media or text messaging because you don’t need to have a person’s username or phone number to share something. It’s far less time-consuming than sending a text or a DM, and you don’t need to create a giant group chat to send things out en masse. You can also stay anonymous. AirDrop is like a roving ephemeral message board that anyone in the area can contribute to.
Regolith Linux Makes i3 User-Friendly.
Relevant: distrotest.net.