Rethink design: A vocabulary for designing with AI
Publication
Rethink design: A vocabulary for designing with AI edited by Elisa Giaccardi (Department of Design, Politecnico di Milano) and Roy Bendor (Department of Human-Centered Design, Faculty of Industrial Design, Delft University of Technology), published by TU Delft | OPEN Publishing.
The volume addresses the question of how designers can engage with AI, presenting 17 terms that were developed through inquiries into, and explorations of, designing and living with massively interconnected, potentially autonomous, and seemingly intelligent technologies. Unlike older technologies, these do not wait for human action but engage the world proactively, making decisions, communicating, and sharing data at speeds and scales that challenge comprehension. As such they destabilise and undermine boundaries, often with disregard to moral imperatives, and reconfigure not only the material world but also our relationships with it, with each other, and with ourselves.
Reflecting and responding to the dynamism of the field, the book aims to be agile and accessible, offering not the final word but a brief, critical and creative introduction – a set of complementary vistas, entry points, and insights.
The volume is available at this link.
For further reading
We highlight two articles published this year, of which Professor Giaccardi is co-author:
Prototyping with Uncertainties: Data, Algorithms, and Research through Design
By Elisa Giaccardi, Dave Murray-Rust, Johan Redström and Baptiste Caramiaux
By Elisa Giaccardi, Johan Redström, Iohanna Nicenboim