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What if Humans are No Longer at the Center of Design?
Planetary Design challenges human-centered design by integrating ecological, technological, and non-human systems into the development process.
What: Sheng-Hung Lee explores using frameworks like Kate Raworth's 'Doughnut Economics' to shift design focus from individual users to interconnected long-term systems and non-human stakeholders.
Why it matters: This marks a move in design theory from 'usability' to 'sustainability,' acknowledging that software and product decisions have compounding global ecological and systemic impacts.
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- Planetary Design: An approach that widens the scope of design to include environmental limits, long-term societal consequences, and non-human stakeholders.
- Doughnut Economics: An economic framework identifying a 'safe and just space' for humanity between a social foundation of basic needs and an ecological ceiling of planetary limits.
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