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August 19, 2007
Spirituality an Design, Part 2: Tune in tomorrow, please
Posted by Bob Jacobson
Nearly five weeks ago I posted a summary of spiritual experiences, categorized in terms of their context and consequences. I intended at that time to follow up with a discussion of spirituality's meaning for the design of experience, and how designers have reacted. (In the future, I intend to do the same for philosophical and scientific treatments of experience.)
As some of you know, my partner, Debra, and I have been preparing for a trip to Copenhagen and Malmö -- the two metropoles comprising the “Øresund Region” -- to interview for jobs and perhaps become a part of the region's innovation-driven economy and emerging 21st-Century culture. Arranging travel and interviews engaged me more intensively than I anticipated! But now things are mostly in order, so it's time to return to my discussion....
Please check in tomorrow afternoon. Thanks for your attention and also for your great comments on my earlier entry.
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BOB JACOBSON is fascinated by the experience of experience. A planner and technologist, Bob has a Ph.D. in Urban Planning & Design from UCLA. He's been a policy researcher, technology CEO, science writer, and consultant. As a Fulbright Scholar, he studied cellular telephony's impacts on transborder communities in the Nordic Arctic Circle. Bob edited Information Design (MIT Press 2000) and is now writing a book on the theory and practice of creating edifying, transformative experiences.
PAULA THORNTON says, "Understanding human behavior (economics), optimizing interactions (design) and facilitating conversations (markets), are the means to achieve strategic differentiation. This is the focus of our discipline. It is not a 'nice to have'‚ and is not, like documentation once was, an afterthought. It is the means by which to start a strategic discussion and the means by which to drive a tactical initiative. All design should be evidence-based."
1. Adam Lawrence on August 21, 2007 6:22 AM writes...
Let me know when you hit the Öresund - I'll buy you an ice cream.
Cheers
Adam
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2. Design for MySpace on August 21, 2007 10:37 PM writes...
Bob, you're touched two of my favorite topics, spirituality and design. Love the connection between them which you have drawn.
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