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Imaginaries Lab newsletter: October 2023

Hi everyone—it’s been a while since the last newsletter, but I thought it was time for a bit of an update, not least because of some upcoming events with dates and deadlines. The last few months have been a whirlwind, including the Researching the Future […]

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Imaginaries Lab 2022 end-of-year note

I’m not going to do a full end-of-year review post this year, since I’ve just been through a tenure process at work (TU Eindhoven) which has exhausted my desire to write any more about what I’ve been up to! But, briefly: current projects include IMAGINE […]

Getting someone to do things in a particular order (Part 2)

Getting someone to do things in a particular order (Part 2)

Continued from part 1 These are the suggested mechanisms applicable to User follows process or path, performing actions in a specified sequence – they fall roughly into three ‘approaches’. In this post, I’m going to examine the System element approach. System element approach This approach […]

Nudges and the power of choice architecture

Nudges and the power of choice architecture

An ‘advance uncorrected page proof’ of Nudge I managed to get off Abebooks. Thanks to Hien Nguyen for the photo. Nudge, by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein, is a publishing sensation of the moment, no doubt helped by Thaler’s work advising Barack Obama (many thanks […]

links for 2008-06-12

links for 2008-06-12

Rhizome – Prison Inspection “Proof of the jail cell’s status as unspoken spectacle and insight into the architect’s ethical and personal relationship to the places they create.” Thanks to Eugene McHugh for the link. (tags: prison panopticon foucault architecture intent) Good Experience: Deception considered helpful […]