Whereās the AI that actually does the crap that humans donāt wanna do?
Can AI help us build a more sustainable society for everyone? The question and the resulting answer seem almost too…
Author: Andrea Barbara Romita
May the reclaiming of our virtual spaces begin with PictoChat
In 2004, the Nintendo DS arrived, featuring its dual screens, touch screen, and then PictoChat. A small application whose usefulness…
Risk, but the players have 3 and a half fingers instead of 5
Have you been following the big tech scenario lately? It’s becoming pretty clear that there’s a cold war climate (as…
The Italianissimo thread – intro
What defines the zeitgeist of Italian design? The answer is simple: breaking the rulesāand rewriting them. Since the ’60s, Italian…
Journey into the Mixed Reality Paradox Pt. 2
Welcome back to our ongoing existential crisis about Extended Reality. Last time, we invoked Donald Norman, the UX oracle, to…
Do you see that cookie button? It’s a mousetrap
Dark patterns are the digital equivalent of mousetraps: deceptive, insidious, often so well camouflaged that users only realize theyāve been…
Journey into the Mixed Reality Paradox – part 1
Ah, Extended RealityāXR for those who like their buzzwords trimmed. Itās that glittering playground where VR, AR, and MR collide,…
Did someone say Ģ¶AĢ¶pĢ¶pĢ¶lĢ¶eĢ¶, ehm, sorry… Swiss Design?
Thereās something fascinating about witnessing the comeback of Swiss Design in contemporary visual communication. We thought we had left it…
Sigma Explanation of Brain Rot
Brain rot is not just the word of the year 2024, as chosen by the Oxford English Dictionary; itās a…
Metaverses, sacred resurrections and lunar phases
The metaverse isnāt dead: it rose on the third day, according to the Holy Scriptures. No, really, itās not. I…
