POV 2a reading

‘Design, Designers and the Literature of Design’

extracted from Objects of Desire: Design and Society since 1750-1980 

by Adrian Forty

• Everything is a Remix by Kirby Ferguson

• 7 basic plots as remembered from second grade by IPL volunteer librarian Jessamyn West:
  1. [wo]man vs. nature
  2. [wo]man vs. [wo]man
  3. [wo]man vs. the environment
  4. [wo]man vs. machines/technology
  5. [wo]man vs. the supernatural
  6. [wo]man vs. self
  7. [wo]man vs. god/religion

• Jupiter Ascending  Directors:  Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski

• Hundredth monkey effect 

• Designing Systems at Scale  by Fred Dust and Ilya Prokopoff