Dan HillinBut what was the question?Read ‘Sideways’, by Josh O’KaneA short, legally-bound note on Josh O’Kane’s recent book ‘Sideways: The City Google Couldn’t Buy’ (2022), about Sidewalk LabsAug 13Aug 13
Dan HillRead ‘Culture is not an industry’, by Justin O’ConnorAn extended endorsement. Or, a short review.Aug 6Aug 6
Dan HillFuture Observatory JournalA new online journal from the UK’s ‘Future Observatory’, the national design research programme for the green transitionJun 24Jun 24
Dan HillGrowth as the fermentation of culture and cultures: Kohei Saito’s ‘Slow Down’ and Kagoshima’s…Degrowth or slow growth? Bioregionalism or global systems? How Kagoshima reveals possible ‘double movements’ as Japan flickers between…Jun 24Jun 24
Dan HillinBut what was the question?The unimaginable imagined: On geoengineering and Liam Young’s ‘Planetary Redesign’Jun 195Jun 195
Dan HillinA chair in a roomSpring to Autumn. Or, a ‘new metabolism’ for a circular society with Japanese characteristicsAnnouncing Circular Design Praxis, a new movement in and around Japan concerning Asia-Pacific circular design principles and practicesJan 18, 20231Jan 18, 20231
Dan HillinDark Matter and Trojan HorsesAgencies to work in the gaps, and holding up questions in public: the ArkDes caseOn the role of design-led agencies that can work as the cement between the bricks, allowing systemic responses to systemic challengesNov 12, 2022Nov 12, 2022
Dan HillinBut what was the question?Two recent interviews on designing for technology and the cityA presentation and Q&A for Urban AI, on designing for technology and the city, and a discussion about on tech, cities, public value…Sep 10, 2022Sep 10, 2022
Dan HillinI am a cameraTowards a blueprint for the suburbs, and the centresA radio interview on the Australian city, suburbs and centres—as seen in 1970, 2007, and 2021Feb 13, 2022Feb 13, 2022
Dan HillinDigital commons / Digitalt fellesskapStrategic design for society: Making the Oslo Futures CatalogueMaking the ‘Oslo Futures Catalogue’, on the first ‘Strategic design for society’ course running at Oslo School of Architecture and Design…Jan 26, 20221Jan 26, 20221
