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Ruined by Design: How Designers Destroyed the World, and What We Can Do to Fix It by Mike Monteiro
tamysfonti's review
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
A must for every designer out there, or/and anyone struggling with ethics in the workplace.
One of (if not) the best book on the subject I've read this year.
This book is about freeing the design worker from its obligations toward the companies inclined to harm their own target audience, their own client; for we are, or are becoming, designers, and our main goal is to solve problems for the people, so we are their gatekeepers.
One of (if not) the best book on the subject I've read this year.
This book is about freeing the design worker from its obligations toward the companies inclined to harm their own target audience, their own client; for we are, or are becoming, designers, and our main goal is to solve problems for the people, so we are their gatekeepers.
jnieto's review
4.0
Very enlightening. BEWARE, its about ethics, not funny anecdotes of badly designed stuff. ;-)
alexia_tsn's review
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.75
A good rant, not v intersectional though. Very US centric with some clichés and well known examples of bad business/design practices of Sillicon Valley companies, but the author also gives some valid points concerning ethics in the tech industry. Glad UX designers are reading this instead of (or as a complimentary reading to) Hooked.
paulvanbuuren's review
3.0
Dit boek moet je absoluut lezen als je je afvraagt waarom iedereen zo boos is op Facebook en Twitter. Je moet dit boek ook lezen als je eigenlijk denkt dat webdesigners een soort veredelde kunstenaars zijn.
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Als je daarentegen oplossingen zoekt, kun je dit boek beter laten liggen.
Ik heb op Gebruiker Centraal een uitgebreidere recensie geschreven.
julialg's review
5.0
Don’t read this as a designer if you are currently or want to be a Silicon Valley Bro. This was suggested to me as a UX Designer whose 2-year program currently does not have a required design ethics course, and I think this is an excellent wake up call to many UX Designers because we do have a moral responsibility to consider the technologies and products we’re designing and testing since we are, in effect, manipulating the user’s way of handling the product and how we format it to the users is important. Monteiro’s voice is brash and I’ve never read so many “fuck you’s” in a design book before, but it gets the point across unless, as mentioned, you’re a Silicon Valley baby who’ll read this and just scoff. Because that’s exactly who he’s targeting and the exact person he knows he will never be able to change.
ldondy's review
5.0
A very strongly voiced argument of concern for the lack of ethics in the design field. Includes great storied examples of design gone wrong, and the brave new world of being held accountable for unethical design choices. A strong call to action for designers to start holding ourselves to a higher standard and an explanation of the possible way forward.
shelbyroo's review
4.0
I want to give this three and a half stars, but I'll round up because this book needs to be read by folks in the profession that aren't already highly invested in design ethics.
Reading this feels like a really, really long rant. Because it is. It's probably longer than it needs to be. And if you are already invested in the idea of designers (and those who make things) needing to be ethical then it will feel like a lot of "no shit" and "I already know this" and maybe even "why am I wasting my time when I could be _doing something_!"
But we aren't all like that. I wish a book like this existed when I was a design student. Or a young, early professional. I want people I work with in the tech industry to read it and start thinking critically about the choices we make and how they impact others. It's not the best book that could've been written in this area. But it's good for getting attention to it.
Reading this feels like a really, really long rant. Because it is. It's probably longer than it needs to be. And if you are already invested in the idea of designers (and those who make things) needing to be ethical then it will feel like a lot of "no shit" and "I already know this" and maybe even "why am I wasting my time when I could be _doing something_!"
But we aren't all like that. I wish a book like this existed when I was a design student. Or a young, early professional. I want people I work with in the tech industry to read it and start thinking critically about the choices we make and how they impact others. It's not the best book that could've been written in this area. But it's good for getting attention to it.