From Human-Centred Design to Life-Centred Design with Dr. Martin Tomitsch

10/13/22 • 66 min

#021 - Too much human-centricity is killing the planet and we’re part of the problem. In this episode, I chat with Dr. Martin Tomitsch on life-centred design, a new way of building products and services that considers the needs of non-human stakeholders and the planet.

Martin is a Professor in Interaction Design at the University of Sydney’s School of Architecture, Design and Planning. He teaches interface design, design thinking, creativity and innovation. He also is the lead author of “Design Think Make Break Repeat”, a handbook of design methods. In this episode, we shift the focus away from human-centred design and into life-centred design. Martin shares real life examples of how human-centricity is not always good for humans or for the planet and how designers can give start to make their work more life-centric. Martin will also be giving away 2 copies of his popular book “Design Think Make Break Repeat”.

In this episode:

What is life-centred design and how it is different to human-centred design
Negative impact of human-centred design
Adding Responsibility to Desirability, Feasibility and Viability
Creating non-human personas
and much more!

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“Design, Think, Make, Break, Repeat” Book

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Ripple Impact canvas

http://designthinkmakebreakrepeat.com/methods/impact-ripple-canvas/

Systems mapping

http://designthinkmakebreakrepeat.com/methods/systems-mapping/

Middle Out Design Framework

https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-050-006 (Free open access paper)

Template for non-human personas

http://designthinkmakebreakrepeat.com/methods/non-human-personas/

Life-centred design

https://sbi.sydney.edu.au/for-the-sake-of-the-planet-we-need-to-rethink-human-centred-design/

Center for Humane Technology

https://www.humanetech.com/

“Ruined By Design” book

https://www.ruinedby.design/

Cathedral thinking

https://cathedralthinking.com/

“The Good Ancestor” book by Roman Krznaric

https://www.romankrznaric.com/good-ancestor

The Design Squiggle

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10/13/22 • 66 min

Design Feeling - From Human-Centred Design to Life-Centred Design with Dr. Martin Tomitsch

Transcript

[00:00:00] Martin Tomitsch: We as designers are really responsible for the wellbeing of future generations. And the reason we are suggesting this is that it encourages long term thinking. So rather than just thinking about the next quarter, or how can I quickly make, a lot of money with this quick idea or app or product, thinking about, okay, what does this mean for future generations?

[00:00:23] Nirish Shakya: That's Dr. Martin Tomitsch. Martin is a pro

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