SUX EP 07 - "Cyborg-Centric Design" with Akos Csertan

How do we design for a world that is no longer a world shaped by humans but non-human agents like corporations or the capital in general? Human centered design was created for the Anthropocene, and therefore falls short on the challenges of a post-anthropocene world. 

For this episode we met Akos Csertan from Budapest to discuss the challenges for design to solve the urgent problems of today as well as how design has to change to solve the problems of the future. 

We talk about Akos Design Principles for a Post-Anthropocene world and his idea of cyborg centric design. Because we are so stuck to our smartphone - does not make this us all cyborgs already? 

If you want to learn more about designing cyborg centric and hear why the children's book “Momo” from the 70s is the perfect metaphor for nowadays, tune in to this episode of the SUX podcast.

Connect with our guest or us:

Akos Channels:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/csertanakos/ 

Akos’ Website: https://atlasrise.io/

Akos’ talk at interaction 23: https://interaction23.ixda.org/sessions/design-for-the-capitalocene

Cyborg Centric Design: https://www.cyborgcentric.design/

 

Sources from the episode:

Book: “Momo” by Michael Ende

Book “Design as Politics” by Tony Fry

Book “What Things Do” by  Peter-Paul Verbeek

Book “Hyperobjects” by Timothy Morton

Our Channels:

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SUX Slack Community 

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SUX Website

Email us at podcast@sustainableuxnetwork.com to share your feedback or suggest future guests.