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To Be DesignedHostile DesignWhat comes to mind when you hear the term “hostile design”?Perhaps you know the most commonly used example of hostile design, which is when public benches are designed with spikes or other such features meant to specifically deter the unhoused population from sleeping on them.Or, perhaps you’ve never heard the term before; hostile design is not a concept generally covered in traditional ethics classes. It refers to “the practice of designing things in public spaces to deter certain kinds of behavior.” Can designing against a user like this be ethical in any situation? In Episode...
2023-04-1129 minTo Be DesignedWhat is Design?If you only take one thing away from listening to To Be Designed, we hope it’s that the concept of “design” itself is nearly limitless. Graphic design, interior design, digital product design… design can vary endlessly depending on the context. Lucky for us, this means that we will never run out of design content to explore here.Therefore, in Episode 05 of To Be Designed, producer and host Quynh-Nhi Tran investigates what “design” means to the people of the Segal Design Institute here at Northwestern. Follow along with Quynh-Nhi as she pieces together more background on the meaning of design by...
2023-02-2819 min
The NFHS PodcastThe Stage - Water Resources Selected as 21-22 National High School Policy Debate Topic - Authors InterviewedThe authors of the Water Resources topic, Pam McComas, Luke Brinker and Peter Crevoiserat, join the show to talk about the challenges of writing a paper during the pandemic, the virtual Topic Selection Meeting, the final balloting process and how Water Resources makes for a balanced topic.See the Map (Who Voted For What)Read the Press Release
2021-02-0534 min