Work in Progress Reading List
This is a collection of articles, books and organizations that inspired and informed my work at the innovation team of the Süddeutsche Zeitung and was part of the “Work in Progress” zine.
A sporadically updated list can also be found on are.na.
Article
- FAILURE TO LAUNCH: COMPETING INSTITUTIONAL LOGICS, INTRAPRENEURSHIP, AND THE CASE OF CHATBOTS. Valerie Belair-Gagnon, Seth C. Lewis, Colin Agur (Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 25:4, 2020)
- DILEMMAS IN GENERAL PLANNING. Horst Rittel, Melvin Webber (Policy Sciences, 4:2, 1973)
- ENACTING BIG FUTURES, LITTLE FUTURES: TOWARD AN ECOLOGY OF FUTURES. Mike Michael (The Sociological Review, 65:3, 2016)
- HELSINKI DESIGN LAB TEN YEARS LATER. Bryan Boyer (She ji, 6:3, 2020)
- ON DESIGN THINKING. Maggie Gram (N+1, No. 35)
- SIX PILLARS: FUTURES THINKING FOR TRANSFORMING. Sohail Inayatullah (Foresight, 10:1, 2008)
- WHY DESIGN IS NOT PROBLEM SOLVING + DESIGN THINKING ISN’T ALWAYS THE ANSWER. Rob Peart (AIGA Eye on Design)
Books
(Please note, that I am trying to link directly to the publisher‘s or author‘s own website. The books in question are with minor exemptions available at your favorite global e-commerce giant, as well.)
- DARK MATTER AND TROJAN HORSES: A STRATEGIC DESIGN VOCABULARY. Dan Hill (Strelka Press)
- EXTRAPOLATION FACTORY OPERATOR‘S MANUAL. Elliot P. Montgomery, Chris Woebken
- THE FUTURE: A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION. Jennifer M. Gidley (Oxford University Press)
- IN STUDIO: RECIPES FOR SYSTEMIC CHANGE. Bryan Boyer, Justin Cook & Marco Steinberg (Helsinki Design Lab)
- JUST ENOUGH RESEARCH. Erika Hall (A Book Apart)
- LEGIBLE PRACTICES. Bryan Boyer, Justin Cook & Marco Steinberg (Helsinki Design Lab)
- THE UNCERTAINTY MINDSET. Vaughn Tan (Columbia University Press)
- SPECULATIVE EVERYTHING: DESIGN, FICTION, AND SOCIAL DREAMING. Anthony Dunne, Fiona Raby (MIT Press)