Welcome to Design Lobster #7. We’re going serious and silly today. 🎭 Question: How might we design for non-humans? Above: Poet on the Shore - a project by designer Yuxi Liu Human-centred design is very good at delivering improvements to a product or service by paying close attention to the human needs being served and their circumstances. This close attention however has a blind spot.
The note about designing for non-humans reminded me of the "green bridge" aka "wildlife overpass". I wonder if it's truly possible to design for non-humans, because we're always thinking from a human perspective. Even with the green bridges, it's something like, "we should allow these animals to move freely, so that they don't die, because animal extinction will ruin the planet for humans". Do you think it's really possible?
The note about designing for non-humans reminded me of the "green bridge" aka "wildlife overpass". I wonder if it's truly possible to design for non-humans, because we're always thinking from a human perspective. Even with the green bridges, it's something like, "we should allow these animals to move freely, so that they don't die, because animal extinction will ruin the planet for humans". Do you think it's really possible?