Ge Wang
ABSTRACT
What is the nature of design, and the meaning it holds in human life? What does it mean to design well-to design ethically? How can the shaping of technology reflect our values as human beings? Drawing from the unconventional book Artful Design: Technology in Search of the Sublime [1], this keynote breaks down the designs of everyday tools, software, toys, musical instruments, and social experiences, examining the ways in which we shape technology and how technology shapes our society, and us in turn. This is a meditation for the "engineer with a soul" as well as for anyone curious (or concerned) about technology - not only what it does for us, but also what it does to us.
- Wang, G. 2018. Artful Design: Technology in Search of the Sublime. Stanford University Press.Google Scholar
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- (Keynote) Artful Design: Technology in Search of the Sublime!
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