#designethics — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #designethics, aggregated by home.social.
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Regulators in Europe are finally calling out the mechanics of the digital slot machine. They are demanding that TikTok remove design features that keep users stuck in a loop. It is a significant move because it focuses on how a product is built rather than just what content it shows.
Most of us think we have poor willpower when we cannot stop scrolling. You are actually fighting a system built to keep you from leaving. The EU is forcing a change that might finally give your attention span a fighting chance.
🧠 Europe wants an end to the infinite scroll.
⚡ The mandate requires a redesign of the For You feed.
🎓 Policy is shifting toward protecting human cognitive limits.
🔍 ByteDance faces heavy fines if they ignore this order.https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/eu-says-tiktok-needs-to-drop-addictive-design/
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Participaré como mentor en #SensAIHack Barcelona, evento internacional de @SensAIHackademy antes de #Unite2025.
Más de cien participantes competirán por $10.000, desarrollando prototipos que definen el futuro de la interacción humano-máquina.
🔗 https://sensaihack.com/barcelona
Este hackathon no busca demos vistosas, sino soluciones funcionales con propósito.
#DesignEthics #Prototyping #SpatialComputing
#XR #IA #ComputacionEspacial #Innovation #Ethical Tech #SensAIHack #Barcelona #XRCommunity -
👻 You don’t need a haunted house to feel fear, just try finding the “cancel subscription” button.
This Halloween, I’m digging into the real horror stories of bad UX: dark patterns, endless scrolls, and manipulative design tricks haunting our favorite apps.
💀 Read the full post:
https://designingforhumans311.wordpress.com/2025/10/22/scary-bad-ux-real-horror-stories-from-everyday-apps/#com311 #UXDesign #DarkPatterns #BadUX #HumanCenteredDesign #UXNightmares #DesignEthics #HalloweenDesign #UIUX #DeceptiveDesign
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In the lead up to #WorldDesignDay I'm highlighting #Design projects that change the world for the better.
First things First Manifesto (1964)
'Written in 1963 and published in 1964 by Ken Garland along with 20 other designers, photographers and students, the manifesto was a reaction to the staunch society of 1960s Britain and called for a return to a humanist aspect of design. It lashed out against the fast-paced and often trivial productions of mainstream advertising, calling them trivial and time-consuming. It's solution was to focus efforts of design on education and public service tasks that promoted the betterment of society.'
It matters as it gave designers permission to push back againt capitalist and materialism norms and to seek to do deeper important work as part of redefining what it meant to be a designer. Yeah not everyone got onboard, but it further a movement of designers critical of being tools of excesssive capitalist production. The poster also features a nice modernisit typographic design that remains easy to read and engage with
http://www.designishistory.com/1960/first-things-first
#FirstThingsFirstManifesto #Design #DesignResearch #DesignEthics #Manifesto
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On my way to #Utwente . The day is fully booked with meetings. I am particularly looking forward to the meeting of our cross faculty #Design and #Philosophy group, which was inspired by the good experience of the SIG #DesignEthics . We are currently focusing on building a local network, but plan to scale up in the future 💪🏻
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I am happy to share the CfP for our topical issue on "Ethics In/Of/For Design" of the Journal of Human-Technology Relations:
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The majority of subscription apps and websites employ dark patterns
https://stackdiary.com/the-majority-of-subscription-apps-and-websites-employ-dark-patterns/
#DarkPatterns #Subscription #Deceptive #Manipulation #FTC #ConsumerRights #Privacy #Marketing #Apps #Websites #OnlineServices #AutoRenewal #Sneaking #Obstruction #Nagging #ForcedAction #SocialProof #UI #UX #UserExperience #DigitalTricks #ConsumerProtection #Transparency #DigitalMarketing #UserManipulation #TechEthics #DesignEthics #DarkDesign #SubscriptionServices #ConsumerAwareness #DigitalPrivacy
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The majority of subscription apps and websites employ dark patterns
https://stackdiary.com/the-majority-of-subscription-apps-and-websites-employ-dark-patterns/
#DarkPatterns #Subscription #Deceptive #Manipulation #FTC #ConsumerRights #Privacy #Marketing #Apps #Websites #OnlineServices #AutoRenewal #Sneaking #Obstruction #Nagging #ForcedAction #SocialProof #UI #UX #UserExperience #DigitalTricks #ConsumerProtection #Transparency #DigitalMarketing #UserManipulation #TechEthics #DesignEthics #DarkDesign #SubscriptionServices #ConsumerAwareness #DigitalPrivacy
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The majority of subscription apps and websites employ dark patterns
https://stackdiary.com/the-majority-of-subscription-apps-and-websites-employ-dark-patterns/
#DarkPatterns #Subscription #Deceptive #Manipulation #FTC #ConsumerRights #Privacy #Marketing #Apps #Websites #OnlineServices #AutoRenewal #Sneaking #Obstruction #Nagging #ForcedAction #SocialProof #UI #UX #UserExperience #DigitalTricks #ConsumerProtection #Transparency #DigitalMarketing #UserManipulation #TechEthics #DesignEthics #DarkDesign #SubscriptionServices #ConsumerAwareness #DigitalPrivacy
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The majority of subscription apps and websites employ dark patterns
https://stackdiary.com/the-majority-of-subscription-apps-and-websites-employ-dark-patterns/
#DarkPatterns #Subscription #Deceptive #Manipulation #FTC #ConsumerRights #Privacy #Marketing #Apps #Websites #OnlineServices #AutoRenewal #Sneaking #Obstruction #Nagging #ForcedAction #SocialProof #UI #UX #UserExperience #DigitalTricks #ConsumerProtection #Transparency #DigitalMarketing #UserManipulation #TechEthics #DesignEthics #DarkDesign #SubscriptionServices #ConsumerAwareness #DigitalPrivacy
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The majority of subscription apps and websites employ dark patterns
https://stackdiary.com/the-majority-of-subscription-apps-and-websites-employ-dark-patterns/
#DarkPatterns #Subscription #Deceptive #Manipulation #FTC #ConsumerRights #Privacy #Marketing #Apps #Websites #OnlineServices #AutoRenewal #Sneaking #Obstruction #Nagging #ForcedAction #SocialProof #UI #UX #UserExperience #DigitalTricks #ConsumerProtection #Transparency #DigitalMarketing #UserManipulation #TechEthics #DesignEthics #DarkDesign #SubscriptionServices #ConsumerAwareness #DigitalPrivacy
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From afar, congratulations 🎆 🤩 to the amazing newly-minted Dr @kaeru for defending his thesis on contestable AI. If you work on any way in #aiethics, #designethics, or #aipolitics, you owe it to yourself to read it:
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The world of design is on the precipice of a significant shift fueled by the ever-evolving power of AI. While it holds immense potential to enhance user interfaces and experiences, its integration into UI/UX design raises critical ethical questions regarding the disruption it is bringing.
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Morgen um 19Uhr findet unser #Januar Treffen statt, sei dabei:
https://www.meetup.com/de-DE/creativesforfuture-deutschland/
Mehr Infos zu unseren Treffen: https://mastodon.social/@creativesforfuture/111782991322219455
#TogehterForFuture #ForFuture #Design #Kreativwirtschaft #KommunikationsDesgin #GrafikDesign #DesignThinking #DesignEthics #Klima #Climate #Klimagerechtigkeit #Marketing #wirksam
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Morgen um 19Uhr findet unser #Januar Treffen statt, sei dabei:
https://www.meetup.com/de-DE/creativesforfuture-deutschland/
Mehr Infos zu unseren Treffen: https://mastodon.social/@creativesforfuture/111782991322219455
#TogehterForFuture #ForFuture #Design #Kreativwirtschaft #KommunikationsDesgin #GrafikDesign #DesignThinking #DesignEthics #Klima #Climate #Klimagerechtigkeit #Marketing #wirksam
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Morgen um 19Uhr findet unser #Januar Treffen statt, sei dabei:
https://www.meetup.com/de-DE/creativesforfuture-deutschland/
Mehr Infos zu unseren Treffen: https://mastodon.social/@creativesforfuture/111782991322219455
#TogehterForFuture #ForFuture #Design #Kreativwirtschaft #KommunikationsDesgin #GrafikDesign #DesignThinking #DesignEthics #Klima #Climate #Klimagerechtigkeit #Marketing #wirksam
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“Design ethnography aims to explore the grammar and patterns through which the reality of the lifeworlds it investigates is produced, not to colonise those worlds with their own values”
Francis Müller, “Design Ethnography”, 2021 -
I am looking forward to our online panel on “Ethics in Design Education” on Friday, Jan 19, 2024, at 12:30 (Amsterdam time zone). Joins us and share your experience! #DesignEthics #DesignEducation https://tudelft.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwkc-2opzooH91rmTQ6lkY6oktBjzcB8CDB#/registration
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More and more corporations have hired UX Designers hoping for optimized sales and better online engagement, though. To these organizations and designers, ethics isn’t really at the top of their minds. The practice has become diluted.
That’s precisely why it’s so dangerous.
#ProductDesign #DesignEthics #Ethics
https://uxdesign.cc/can-ux-design-actually-be-ethical-ff531135e1f5
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All good things must come to an end. Join us for the final event of the #NWO funded BRIDE project at TU #Delft on August 23, 2023. Please register here: https://www.aanmelder.nl/bride-closing-event #SmartCity #SmartCities #Ethics # AIEthics #DesignEthics #PhilosophyOfTheCity
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All good things must come to an end. Join us for the final event of the #NWO funded BRIDE project at TU #Delft on August 23, 2023. Please register here: https://www.aanmelder.nl/bride-closing-event #SmartCity #SmartCities #Ethics # AIEthics #DesignEthics #PhilosophyOfTheCity
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All good things must come to an end. Join us for the final event of the #NWO funded BRIDE project at TU #Delft on August 23, 2023. Please register here: https://www.aanmelder.nl/bride-closing-event #SmartCity #SmartCities #Ethics # AIEthics #DesignEthics #PhilosophyOfTheCity
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#Introduction : I just moved to this server. I am a #Philosopher working at the @utwente at the intersection of #PhiloosophyOfTheCity and #PhilosophyOfTechnology . I have a special interest in #design and, thus, are part of the #SiG #DesignEthics in the #DesignResearch society, and - finally - I am interested in the role of #AI and #Robotics in #cities and in #HumanitarianAid .
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#Introduction : I just moved to this server. I am a #Philosopher working at the @utwente at the intersection of #PhiloosophyOfTheCity and #PhilosophyOfTechnology . I have a special interest in #design and, thus, are part of the #SiG #DesignEthics in the #DesignResearch society, and - finally - I am interested in the role of #AI and #Robotics in #cities and in #HumanitarianAid .
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#Introduction : I just moved to this server. I am a #Philosopher working at the @utwente at the intersection of #PhiloosophyOfTheCity and #PhilosophyOfTechnology . I have a special interest in #design and, thus, are part of the #SiG #DesignEthics in the #DesignResearch society, and - finally - I am interested in the role of #AI and #Robotics in #cities and in #HumanitarianAid .
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#Introduction : I just moved to this server. I am a #Philosopher working at the @utwente at the intersection of #PhiloosophyOfTheCity and #PhilosophyOfTechnology . I have a special interest in #design and, thus, are part of the #SiG #DesignEthics in the #DesignResearch society, and - finally - I am interested in the role of #AI and #Robotics in #cities and in #HumanitarianAid .
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#Introduction : I just moved to this server. I am a #Philosopher working at the @utwente at the intersection of #PhiloosophyOfTheCity and #PhilosophyOfTechnology . I have a special interest in #design and, thus, are part of the #SiG #DesignEthics in the #DesignResearch society, and - finally - I am interested in the role of #AI and #Robotics in #cities and in #HumanitarianAid .
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”Who should take responsibility for evil UX design and digital ethics?“
good thoughts by Bas Wallet from @uxdesigncc with many more reading suggestions:
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The importance of #ethics in #DigitalDesign lies in the fact that #DigitalTechnologies have become deeply ingrained in nearly every aspect of our lives, from how we #communicate and access #information, to how we conduct business and govern our societies. As such, the way these technologies are designed and developed can have far-reaching consequences for #individuals and #communities.
#DesignEthics #DesignPrinciples #UnintentedConsequences
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Here's something that provides a really good foundation on this theme (reservations about the problematic framing of "Does this client serve a marginalized or underserved population?" registered).
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[🎫 Designers Éthiques]
Nous sommes supers contentes de vous retrouver mardi prochain pour parler de l'éthique dans nos métiers ! Les inscriptions se font directement sur HelloAsso : https://cutt.ly/N3YreOU
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In my first #DesignEthics presentation in English, back in 2016, I advocated for friction in design.
Friction helps people make better choices by encouraging reflection and making them think through their actions.
By reducing everything to single-click actions we eliminate a lot of valuable thinking.
All platforms can benefit from design improvements. There is no end.
But it's a good idea to remember when positive friction is helping more people do the right thing.
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Quick reminder that CAPS LOCK by Ruben Pater @untoldstories is the single best, accessible, engaging, comprehensive book on #designethics out today. I can & hope I will run a whole seminar with this book as backbone. https://valiz.nl/en/publications/caps-lock
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Our new in-depth research study, '#Smartphone as Lifeline: Designing #Technology for a Changing World' considers how data-driven technologies can be designed for the real world, not the ideal world. Read the executive summary here: https://tacticaltech.org/#/news/smartphone-as-lifeline #designethics
