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Harriet Gridley|Terms of Service
Terms of Service: March Edition
Harriet Gridley, UK director of No Isolation, makes the case for a technological solution to loneliness.
Laura Scherling|Essays
How Micromobility Vehicles are Redesigning Global Transportation Systems
As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to disrupt business-as-usual, a micromobility revolution is quietly moving forward.
Steven Heller|Interviews
Carla Diana, Mother of Robots
Carla Diana, a product designer and technologist who chairs the 4D Design Department at Cranbrook, discusses the increasingly more nuanced ways of introducing robots into everyday life in her new book My Robot Gets Me: How Social Design …
Debbie Millman|Audio
Tea Uglow
Debbie talks with Tea Uglow about experimental digital projects that are pushing the boundaries of tech and art.
Ken Gordon|Essays
Designers Like You Should Read Machines Like Me
People, you might have noticed, are wracking their brains to understand artificial intelligence.
Debbie Millman|Audio
Design Matters From the Archive: Anand Giridharadas
Debbie Millman talks to journalist Anand Giridharadas about his career, about a divided America, and about tech monopolies.
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