#ethicaldesign — Public Fediverse posts

#Design #Launches
The Mindful Design Toolkit · Essential tools for responsible product design https://ilo.im/16cq4j

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#OpenSource #Toolkits #Projects #Responsibility #DesignProcess #EthicalDesign #ProductDesign #UxDesign #UiDesign #WebDesign

@raphaelmorgan Yes! It is called Ethical Design:

https://ethicaldesign.guide/

Also highly recommend the Ethical Design Handbook by Trine Falbe, Martin Michael Frederiksen and Kim Andersen - such a great read:

https://ethicaldesignhandbook.com/

#EthicalDesign #Design #Ethics

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Our goal is to serve Vancouver and the world with kindness, abundance, and Ethical Design.

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#FediCollective #Transmutarianism #EthicalDesign

"[Y]our burnout, your lack of influence, your sense that the discipline has lost its way are not evidence of your individual shortcomings but symptoms of a system working exactly as it is designed to work."

In this poignant essay (linked below), Angelos Arnis describes the state of design in the age of AI. But it didn't start with AI...

"[T]he institutional arrangements within which design operates are configured to extract design's value while withholding design's autonomy and authority..."

Folks like Mike Monteiro, Erika Hall, Aral Balkan, and Laura Kalbag opened my eyes to this dynamic around 2014/2015. It started as a call to action for us designers to own the ethics of what we do, challenge expoitative business models, and 'do no harm.'

But I've long felt that the game is rigged against us on this. Angelos says this:

"The more I look at the state of tech, the more I recognize a specific structure operating in two distinct ways: the way business absorbs design's attempts at strategic influence, and the way AI tools absorb designers' labor while promising to liberate it."

Still, some designers manage to ake meaningful change, despite the obstacles:

"The designer who can navigate an organization that does not grant them autonomy and still produces meaningful work is doing something admirable. But the skill being developed is the skill of operating within someone else's terms."

I agree. And I realize that it's not easy to resist pressure from your boss, manager, or PM to just design the thing and not ask too many questions. We need to earn a living, right?

So we get beautifully designed products that effectively encourage behavior change that ultimately exploits the product's users to benefit the company that makes it. We get surveillance capitalism, predatory social media platforms, and tech products that enable fascist governments.

But I don't blame designers. I don't even blame the decision-makers who got us here. They are, indeed we all are, just humans doing our best. And most of us are too busy, burned out, or stuck in survival mode to feel the proverbial water heating up around us.

Also, people AI make very seductive promises about AI while convincing us that it's inevitable. Angelos says this:

"The technology generates a feeling of individual empowerment while producing deeper informal dependence. You feel more capable, yet you are truly more depending than ever."

So in Angelos' words, "How might we design the structures that would make design's autonomy a material reality rather than a perpetual aspiration?"

🤷🏼‍♂️ What do you think?

Thanks for reading, dear one! And thank you Matthijs for sharing this with me!

Here's the essay:
👉🏼 https://d3e.co/y5

With love and light,
Brian

#design #designers #business #AI #ethics #EthicalDesign #HumanConnection #DesignCommunity #MeaningfulDesign #ChangeManagement #SurveillanceCapitalism #fascism

https://medium.com/@emilyhustlenyc/i-failed-ubers-system-design-interview-last-month-here-s-every-question-they-asked-bdaf1bd6e64b

I just read a developer’s account of interviewing at Uber. They had to create a real-time surge pricing engine. I have a real problem with companies designing behaviours that just bleed everyone else dry. Creating more of a divisive world where the wealthy can do what they want but the drivers aren’t the ones benefitting.

There’s a good reason some cities ban their surge pricing entirely. Hopefully more will.
#EthicalDesign

#Design #Mindsets
Hold the line · Ethical content design in a broken system https://ilo.im/169dpw

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#Ethics #Content #AI #EthicalDesign #ContentDesign #ProductDesign #UxDesign #UiDesign #WebDesign

#Design #Mindsets
Designing for users’ values—or yours? · From designing screens to defining moral guardrails https://ilo.im/16934m

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#Business #Users #Values #Framework #Ethics #EthicalDesign #ProductDesign #UxDesign #UiDesign #WebDesign

#Design #Guides
Guiding the future of ethical design · From moral principles to practical design guidance https://ilo.im/168cvu

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#Business #Principles #Responsibility #Technology #Ethics #EthicalDesign #ProductDesign #UxDesign #UiDesign #WebDesign

This Ada Lovelace Institute blog is a fascinating read "Friends for sale: the rise and risks of AI companions"
https://www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/blog/ai-companions/

BUT it just hit me RN that it's FapGPT cumming soon (pun intended). Nah bro, I don't make apologies for my dirty mind

TLDR
#AIcompanions offer constant availability and positive support but pose risks such as social displacement, unrealistic expectations, and emotional dependency.

Concerns exist regarding #DataPrivacy, potential manipulation, and the normalization of negative behaviours, highlighting the need for #EthicalDesign and regulation due to the lack of long-term research and business models prioritizing engagement over user well-being

ICYMI
1. ChatGPT will soon allow erotica for verified adults, says OpenAI boss
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpd2qv58yl5o

2. OpenAI’s ChatGPT will soon allow ‘erotica’ for adults in major policy shift
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/15/erotica-coming-to-chatgpt-this-year-says-openai-ceo-sam-altman.html`

#Design #Mindsets
The good, the bad, and the iffy · Is there such a thing as an ethical designer? https://ilo.im/166mjk

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#Business #Job #Clients #Ethics #EthicalDesign #ProductDesign #UxDesign #UiDesign #GraphicDesign #WebDesign

#Design #Debates
The moral illusion of inclusive design · When good intentions lead to unquestioned power https://ilo.im/165xh0

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#Business #Inclusion #Accessibility #EthicalDesign #ProductDesign #UxDesign #UiDesign #WebDesign #Challenges

Crashing the Narrative 🚨
Not everyone gets a seat at the tech table.
Not every system serves the people it claims to.
So let’s crash the narrative that AI is neutral, that admin is boring, that care is a side note.
🧠 Digital literacy is power.
🩺 Healthcare and legal admin are cultural battlegrounds.
🎨 Culture care isn’t fluff — it’s the infrastructure of belonging.

#CrashingTheNarrative #DigitalLiteracy #AI #CultureCare #HealthAdmin #LegalTech #EthicalDesign #TechForGood

Just liberated the video of one of my talks from YouTube and uploaded a copy to our Vimeo account:

Big Brother Awards 2014: Moving beyond the clouds (we need an ethical approach to design)

https://vimeo.com/1075963646

(Imagine what a different world we’d be living in today if folks in tech had heeded our warnings back then. But I guess they were too busy making mint.)

PS. yt-dlp is your friend (on Mac: brew install yt-dlp). Also make sure you have ffmpeg installed (brew install ffmpeg). Finally, I had to manually tell yt-dlp where to find ffmpeg although your mileage may vary based on installation method: yt-dlp "<URL>" --write-subs --ffmpeg-location=/opt/homebrew/bin/ffmpeg (--write-subs saves the subtitles if there are any to a file in a format you can use on the web).

#EthicalDesignManifesto #ethics #design #ethicalDesign #AralBalkan #SmallTech #BigBrotherAwards #BitsOfFreedom #technology #tech #BigTech #panopticon #surveillance #capitalism #peopleFarming #fascism #technofascism #Google #Facebook

#TIL about one of the many potentially important standards reports that seem to have been pushed onto the backburner by the pandemic.;

"The report, Ethically Aligned Design, was released today by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). It is the culmination of a year's work by 250 world leaders in technology, law, social science, business and government spanning six continents."

#IEEE, 2017

https://techxplore.com/news/2017-12-philosophers-sociologists-ethical-guidelines-future.html

#ethics #EthicalTech #EthicalDesign #EthicalStandards

The Camera Panopticon

How did we end up in technofascism? Watch this talk I gave over a decade ago warning of the dangers of Silicon Valley and Big Tech and urging us to embrace alternatives.

https://small-tech.org/videos/the-camera-panopticon/

(Transcript available in English, Español, and Nederlands, thanks to the community.)

#technofascism #BigTech #SiliconValley #startups #InternetOfThings #ventureCapital #web #decentralisation #ethicalDesign #design #diversity #inclusion #accessibility #FOSS #Zuckerberg #tech #society #USA #fascism #EU #theCameraPanopticon

I recently wrote an article on design tools and the status quo of proprietary software companies that have turned creative tools into money-grabbing slot machines.

I’ve provided some alternatives to #Adobe that aren’t necessarily open-source but have a more ethical approach to providing tools.

https://cosmonavt.studio/blog/the-future-of-design-tools-is-ethical
#design #designtools #creativetools #ethicaldesign #motiongraphics

#Design #Guides
Defense against dishonest charts · How not to lie with data visualizations https://ilo.im/162ger

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#Charts #DataViz #Accuracy #Transparency #Content #EthicalDesign #DeceptiveDesign #ProductDesign #VisualDesign #WebDesign

Our practice is rooted in the belief that design is a form of activism. We want all the projects we undertake—whether #art, #design or #architecture— to reflect our commitment to #veganism, #socialjustice, and #sustainability. If you or anyone you know needs design services, our team would love to help transform your ideals into reality.

#veganarchitecture #designjustice #ethicaldesign #sustainabledesign #accessibility #vegandesign #vegan #architecture #graphicdesign #branding #art

The world would be a better place with more open and transparent #software. That’s why we want to move towards using more #opensource software in our design workflows. But we need help! If you know #BlenderBIM, #sverchok and/or #freecad reach out to us if you’re interested.

#ethicaldesign #vegandesign #foss

We believe creativity is the only way to produce culture, and a radical shift in culture is the best way to resolve our societal challenges and create meaningful change.

What would a better culture look like to you? How would it differ from the way we currently live?

#Culture #Art #CreativeRevolution #EthicalDesign #VeganArt #SustainableFuture #Architecture #Sustainability #CulturalProduction

Vegan design principles advocate for the integration of human systems into natural #ecosystems in a manner that is non-violent and non-exploitative. This approach extends the concept of #sustainability beyond human-centric concerns to include the well-being of all animals, suggesting a more holistic and ethically grounded method for achieving ecological harmony.
#veganism #ecologicaljustice #vegandesign #ethicaldesign #environment #ecologie #veganities

At Angozi Studio, we believe #architecture should honor all living beings. #Vegan architecture isn’t just about avoiding animal materials; it’s about creating spaces that respect #ecosystems and foster coexistence between human and other animals. Let’s redefine sustainability and develop this burgeoning field of architecture.
#veganarchitecture #ethicaldesign #sustainability

“Be inclusive, be kind, be transparent, and contribute to a better web. We have ample evidence of what doesn’t work and of things that have gone wrong, and we can take carefully considered steps towards something better.” — Cory Dransfeldt

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#Business #Community #Contribution #Evolution #Ethics #EthicalDesign #Design #WebDesign #Development #WebDev #Quotes

#Business #Releases
W3C Statement on ethical web principles · “They remind us that the web extends beyond technology.” https://ilo.im/161day

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#Community #Principles #Ethics #EthicalDesign #Design #ProductDesign #WebDesign #Development #WebDev #WebPlatform

#Business #Releases
W3C Statement on ethical web principles · “They remind us that the web extends beyond technology.” https://ilo.im/161day

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#Community #Principles #Ethics #EthicalDesign #Design #ProductDesign #WebDesign #Development #WebDev #WebPlatform

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Ethical evolution in the age of AI: Why fear and complacency are not options
Artificial Intelligence is not the problem; humans are

https://uxdesign.cc/ethical-evolution-in-the-age-of-ai-why-fear-and-complacency-are-not-options-2f8fd35eec16

#aiethics #ethicalai #ethicsofai #algoethics #computerethics #ethicaltech #ethicaldesign #humanity #AI #humanity

Algorithmic Nudges Don’t Have to Be Unethical

https://hbr.org/2021/04/algorithmic-nudges-dont-have-to-be-unethical

#aiethics #ethicalai #ethicsofai #algoethics #ethicaldesign #unethical #nudge