UbiComp - Coming to a Society Near You
I recently heard part of a program on CBC Radio’s show Ideas. It was called “By Design: The Politics of Everyday Objects” and the website description is thus: We tend to take the objects around us, from paper clips to bridges, for granted, remarking only when they’re either annoying to use, or impossibly elegant. Why do everyday objects look the way they do, and why are we so often saddled with clunky, ugly things? Read More …