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| Thursday 10 September 2009 |
A transparent attempt at social engineering
The initiative to re-design pub glasses to stop them being used as weapons overhypes the problem and the solution.
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| Friday 26 June 2009 |
Digital Britain: welcome to the slow lane
The UK government’s report on the future of the internet and the creative industries replaces the freedom to innovate with an overwhelming impulse to regulate everything.
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| Monday 29 December 2008 |
‘Nudging’: the very antithesis of choice
‘Libertarian paternalism’ represents a retreat from political debate, and the rise of a base psychological agenda that wants to make us conform on green, health and lifestyle issues.
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| Friday 5 December 2008 |
This is no time to call the ‘design police’
By reorganising our lives around suspicion and the fear of crime, design can leave us feeling insecure - and less free.
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| Tuesday 23 September 2008 |
The best foundation for the web: open debate
Tim Berners-Lee’s new group aims for a ‘free and open’ web, but the idea of ‘rating’ content would close down discussion.
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| Friday 29 August 2008 |
Changing the meaning of ‘change’
Charles Leadbeater tries to convince a sceptical Martyn Perks about the positive powers of 'we think' and how unleashing the creative potential of ambitious individuals could potentially overhaul society.
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| Thursday 21 August 2008 |
The rise and rise of 'anti-design'
Designers who focus on producing only meek and sustainable things are denying their own creativity and impact on the world.
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| Tuesday 5 August 2008 |
Censorship online: who needs evidence?
A new UK parliamentary report says the internet must be regulated to protect children - even though there’s no proof they are being harmed.
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| Wednesday 30 July 2008 |
Hands off our internet connections
The UK government is demanding that service providers punish users who share files illegally. That's a threat to everyone's freedom.
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| Thursday 22 May 2008 |
Can design cut crime?
Government attempts to ‘design out’ crime by sticking anti-theft, noise-emitting devices around the country will make us feel less secure.
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| Wednesday 13 February 2008 |
Why we should swat The Mosquito
The launch of the Buzz Off campaign to rid Britain’s streets of a screeching ‘anti-youth gadget’ should be welcomed - and built on.
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| Wednesday 28 November 2007 |
Tracing the history
of Helvetica
A film about a font?! Yes, and it's gripping, too, showing how a sleek typeface has encouraged good design and helped to shape big ideas.
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| Thursday 7 June 2007 |
‘It looks like Lisa Simpson giving head’
The bizarre squashed swastika that is the London 2012 Olympics logo perfectly captures the authorities' confusion about what the Games are for.
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| Tuesday 24 April 2007 |
The tyranny of technology
Promoting healthy eating, tackling truancy, improving 'social inclusion': the great potential of IT is being used for instrumental political ends.
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| Thursday 28 April 2005 |
Political blogging: logging on, dropping out
It will take more than a web diary or two to drag the Tories out of crisis.
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| Thursday 16 September 2004 |
Disabling innovation
Setting legal standards for making websites 'accessible' to all won't help web designers, or users.
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| Thursday 22 April 2004 |
Touchy-feely toasters
A new book argues that products should be designed around their users' emotions.
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| Wednesday 10 March 2004 |
What’s the big idea?
More blogging by Britain's MPs and ministers is likely to reduce politics to the level of a webchat.
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| Friday 6 February 2004 |
Dean and not heard
Howard Dean's virtual network was a poor substitute for political conviction.
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| Thursday 20 November 2003 |
What iCan can't do
The BBC's new website will not build community or rescue democracy.
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