Gamman, L. and Thorpe, A. (2007). presented the paper Profit from Paranoia – Design Against ‘Paranoid’ Products. European Academy of Design (EAD 07): Dancing with Disorder: Design, Discourse, Disaster, Izmir, Turkey. Published as part of conference proceedings.
Innovation is a risky business. Trying to innovate products to empower the individual against street crime, or to create designs for public space that can anticipate terrorist intentions, raise many design issues as well as what Prof. Ekblom (2005) defines as ‘troublesome tradeoffs.’ These involve safety concerns versus address to maintaining personal freedoms. This paper reviews specific ‘troublesome tradeoffs’ and makes design recommendations.
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Tags: 2007, Adam Thorpe, Bikeoff Outputs, conferences, Lorraine Gamman, Turkey
