The Ethics of Design for User Needs

The Ethics of Design for User Needs

Author: Turkka Keinonen

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-08-01

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 1040096921

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This book offers an inquiry into the ethics of ‘human needs capture’ for design purposes by drawing upon ethical theories and narratives. Designers have historically relied upon the satisfaction of human needs as a moral justification for their profession. This volume offers an alternative critique to challenge this perspective, arguing that seeking to satisfy needs doesn't offer sufficient moral justification on its own. It presents an extensive ethical analysis of the notion of need and develops a thought-provoking case for a plural reconceptualisation of the notion of ‘need’ as user-based knowledge about product and service improvement opportunities. It does this by drawing upon a range of ethical approaches including Soran Reader’s needs ethics, classical utilitarianism, Robert Nozick’s libertarian philosophy, and John Rawls’ theory of justice. The book goes on to link these approaches to concepts guiding design such as human-centred design, collaborative design, and end user innovation. Written as a dialogue between a designer and his consciousness, the book underlines the deliberative nature of applied design ethics, and also highlights how consciousness challenges designers to solve their moral dilemmas. This engaging format invites readers to become an intimate part of the ‘discussion’. This book will be of interest to students and academics studying product design, industrial design, interaction design, user experience design, design ethics, and sustainable development.


Thoughtful Interaction Design

Thoughtful Interaction Design

Author: Jonas Lowgren

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 2007-01-26

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 0262622092

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The authors of Thoughtful Interaction Design go beyond the usual technical concerns of usability and usefulness to consider interaction design from a design perspective. The shaping of digital artifacts is a design process that influences the form and functions of workplaces, schools, communication, and culture; the successful interaction designer must use both ethical and aesthetic judgment to create designs that are appropriate to a given environment. This book is not a how-to manual, but a collection of tools for thought about interaction design. Working with information technology—called by the authors "the material without qualities"—interaction designers create not a static object but a dynamic pattern of interactivity. The design vision is closely linked to context and not simply focused on the technology. The authors' action-oriented and context-dependent design theory, drawing on design theorist Donald Schön's concept of the reflective practitioner, helps designers deal with complex design challenges created by new technology and new knowledge. Their approach, based on a foundation of thoughtfulness that acknowledges the designer's responsibility not only for the functional qualities of the design product but for the ethical and aesthetic qualities as well, fills the need for a theory of interaction design that can increase and nurture design knowledge. From this perspective they address the fundamental question of what kind of knowledge an aspiring designer needs, discussing the process of design, the designer, design methods and techniques, the design product and its qualities, and conditions for interaction design.


The Goods of Design

The Goods of Design

Author: Ariel Guersenzvaig

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2021-04-07

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 1786615428

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A 2022 Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic Title What ends should designers pursue? To what extent should they care about the societal and environmental impact of their work? And why should they care at all? Given the key influence design has on the way people live their lives, designing is fraught with ethical issues. Yet, unlike education or nursing, it lacks widespread professional principles for addressing these issues. Rooted in a communitarian view of design practice, this lively and accessible book examines design through the lens of professions, offering a critical vision that enables practitioners, academics and students of design in all disciplines to reflect on the practice’s overarching purposes. Considering how these are connected to others' flourishing and moulded by community interactions, "The Goods of Design" argues for a practice-based approach to cultivate professional ethics; it provides a normative direction that can meaningfully guide professional design activity, both individually and collectively. The volume also looks into the implications work has for the designer's self-growth as a person, offering ways to discover and navigate the complex tensions between personal and professional life.


Designing in Ethics

Designing in Ethics

Author: Jeroen van den Hoven

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-10-26

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 0521119464

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This book shows how an emphasis on design can help us usefully apply ethics to a world built on institutions and technology.


Effective Systems Design and Requirements Analysis

Effective Systems Design and Requirements Analysis

Author: Enid Mumford

Publisher: MacMillan

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 9780333639085

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Based on the author's own Effective Technical and Human Implementation of Computer-based Systems (ETHICS) methodology, this book provides a participative approach to identifying information needs before embarking on the design of a management information system.


Future Ethics

Future Ethics

Author: Cennydd Bowles

Publisher: Nownext Press

Published: 2018-09-25

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 9781999601911

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Sustainability and Design Ethics, Second Edition

Sustainability and Design Ethics, Second Edition

Author: Jean Russ

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2018-11-12

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 0429014767

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Sustainability as a concept remains just as challenging and important today as it was when the first edition of this book was published. The Second Edition of Sustainability and Design Ethics explores the ethical obligations of knowledgeable people such as design professionals, taking into consideration the numerous changes that have taken place in recent years. This book expands the growing discussion on the principles of sustainability to further include the role of businesses and governments and considers the general recognition that modern society has occurred at the expense of nature with significant social and environmental impacts. Are there limits to the individual’s ethical obligation? How do such obligations change or adapt to a world of sustainable design? As the shift toward sustainability proceeds, designers’ ethical underpinnings will be confronted with a wider range of people and concerns whose interests must be weighed. The design professionals are likely to be among the lead in the shift toward sustainability because of the special knowledge and expertise provided to them by their education, experience, and distinctive position in society. The entire world of design is being reassessed and the guiding principles and ethics of design reflect this change. New to the Second Edition: Expanded international scope that includes a comparison of professional organizations in the EU, Australia, Canada, Japan and China Discusses how cultural differences between the West and China result in different underlying foundations for professional ethics Revised analyses to reflect changes in regulatory and technical areas such as the inevitable rise of artificial intelligence in design Updated arguments reflecting the need for sustainability and the designer's role and obligations Updated references pertaining to the progress of sustainable design and development Sustainability and Design Ethics, Second Edition is an attempt to explore the ideas and principles that might contribute to the thinking of thoughtful design professionals. The emergence of "green" design discussed in this book is used to evidence progress, but also to demonstrate the degree to which more is needed.


GOOD: an Introduction to Ethics in Graphic Design

GOOD: an Introduction to Ethics in Graphic Design

Author: Lucienne Roberts

Publisher: AVA Publishing

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 2940373140

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The author seeks to marry abstract ideas with practical application, removing some of the mystique that surrounds philosophy and highlighting its relevance for all of us. It will engage designers in a debate about their profession and in an analysis of their value and worth.


Design

Design

Author: Jessica Helfand

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2016-01-01

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 0300205090

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A compelling defense for the importance of design and how it shapes our behavior, our emotions, and our lives Design has always prided itself on being relevant to the world it serves, but interest in design was once limited to a small community of design professionals. Today, books on "design thinking" are best sellers, and computer and Web-based tools have expanded the definition of who practices design. Looking at objects, letterforms, experiences, and even theatrical performances, award-winning author Jessica Helfand asserts that understanding design's purpose is more crucial than ever. Design is meaningful not because it is pretty but because it is an intrinsically humanist discipline, tethered to the very core of why we exist. For example, as designers collaborate with developing nations on everything from more affordable lawn mowers to cleaner drinking water, they must take into consideration the full range of a given community's complex social needs. Advancing a conversation that is unfolding around the globe, Helfand offers an eye-opening look at how designed things make us feel as well as how--and why--they motivate our behavior.


Less and More

Less and More

Author: Keiko Ueki-Polet

Publisher: Gestalten Verlag

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 807

ISBN-13: 9783899552775

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Presents a catalog of an exhibition showcasing the products, sketches, and models of industrial designer Dieter Rams.