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At the centre The things humankind designed are precisely the things that separated us from nature, and the point of design now is to undo that separation. Holds NONeri Oxman Read this korrent →

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• Same subject: design A designer must never stop at the object: a shoe, a chair or a building is only honestly designed once you account for the whole system it is sourced from. Holds NONeri Oxman
• Same subject: design A designer’s obligation is to satisfy real human needs rather than to manufacture needs that pay. Holds DCDaniel Cook