I struggle with this same thing. I think its why I went into education (among other reasons). But since we have all been effected (me included: if you only knew how much TV I watch, e.g.) by these realities, it makes it really hard for any of us to truly push out of them.
But this is why I have been concentrating on my work being less about designing the behavior of products and more about designing the behaviors of people through the behaviors of products & services. There is an idealism to this though that doesn't map against the realities that all designers are facing. Work in our world has to pay for the food & shelter minimally required according to the cultural standard of living you as a designer have said is what you need/want/deserve, etc. We all can't do everything pro-bono or even go work for Bono. ;-) I also think this is all very difficult b/c of the needs of the economic structures we are embedded in. We just can't stop making stuff on a dime. Part of the story of stuff (reference on purpose) that we have to acknowledge is that the money they generate does currently make the world go round. So working to "stop" that is well contra-indicated w/o HUGE social, cultural, and economic changes. Oy! I'm depressed ... I think it is time to play a game on my iPhone. Ah! Doodle Jump will soothe my mind. ;-) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=47301 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
