Materializing Technologies

Surfacing Focal Things and Practices with Design

Doctoral thesis (2018)

Authors

H.V. Robbins Human Information Communication Design - IDE , Ethics & Philosophy of Technology - TPM
Research Group
Human Information Communication Design (IDE) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2018 H.V. Robbins
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4233/uuid:287a608e-85af-47d3-877c-cfc97e3b9939
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Published Date

2018

Language

English

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Faculty

Industrial Design Engineering

Department

Human-Centered Design

Research Group

Human Information Communication Design

Abstract

Today, the world is populated with what we colloquially refer to as “black boxes.” These are technologies that perform sophisticated operations but obfuscate these complex operations, providing us with little context to what they do, how they work, and the role they play in our lives. In simple terms, this thesis addresses the following broadly framed questions: what parts of these black boxes should be made legible to the layperson? And regarding these parts: how can design be harnessed to reframe them as legible?