This time we were joined by one of the long-time trailblazers of digital Sustainability - Tom Greenwood, Founder of Wholegrain Digital and Author of “Sustainable Webdesign”.

We spoke about digital Sustainability, and how Tom’s Journey into it already began 2004. And we discussed the challenges of advocating for digital sustainability and where we are at the moment and what we actually can do as designers on various levels.

In the second half of the conversation we were diving deep into AI, its impacts and if AI can help us saving the world or helps destroying it. We were discussing if AI is creative and what the use of AI does to us as humans.

It was a very deep and inspirational conversation and if you want to learn more what you should ask yourself when using AI, tune in to this episode of the SUX Podcast.

Connect with our guest or us:

Tom’s Channels:

Tom’s agency Wholegrain Digital: https://www.wholegraindigital.com/

Tom’s Newsletter “Oximoron”: https://tomgreenwood.substack.com/

Toms’ “Humanitas et Machina”: https://hopefulepoch.substack.com/

Tom’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomgreenwood/

Toms’ Book “Sustainable Web Design”: https://abookapart.com/products/sustainable-web-design/

Sources from the episode:

Book “Approaching the Natural” by Sid Garza-Hillman:

https://abookapart.com/products/sustainable-web-design/

Blog-Article: “Will AI be good for the environment?”:

https://www.wholegraindigital.com/blog/will-ai-be-good-for-the-environment/

Website Carbon Calculator: https://websitecarbon.com

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Bavo's Linkedin

Thorsten's LinkedIn

Isabel's LinkedIn

SUX Slack Community

SUX LinkedIn

SUX Website

Email us at podcast@sustainableuxnetwork.com to share your feedback or suggest future guests.

You most probably know our guest already. This time we had the honor to be joined by Don Norman, author of "Design of everyday things" or "Design for a better world" , Co-Founder of the Nielsen Norman Group, University Professor and so much more for many of us.

We spoke about morning walks, elaborated on Humanity Centered Design and why Dons latest book was a different one, when he started writing it. We discussed about the importance of curiosity and made the connection between design, business and decision making and how it relates to sustainability. We spoke about sustainability and why it can only be the beginning and why it is good to be wrong sometimes. And we discussed how human centered design is wrong and why and how it needs to be enhanced and changed.

So, if you want to learn more about Humanity Centered Design and what is wrong with Human Centered Design, about how Don writes his books, but also about how to stay curious and not get older, even when you are 88, join us for this episode of the SUX podcast.

Connect with our guest or us:

Don’s Channels:

Don Norman Design Award and Summit: https://donnormanaward.design/

Don’s Book “Design for a better world”: https://jnd.org/books/design-for-a-better-world/

Don’s Website: https://jnd.org/

Don’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donnorman/

Sources from the episode:

Book “Lean Impact” by Ann Mei Chang: https://www.annmei.com/

Book “Design for the real world” by Vicgor Papanek: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/190560.Design_for_the_Real_World

SUX Academy:

Waitlist for the upcoming Course “Become a Sustainable UX Designer”: https://sustainableuxnetwork.com/#courses

And for information and curriculum options about the Sustainable UX Masterclass for design and product-teams get in touch with Thorsten: thorsten@sustainableuxnetwork.com

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Bavo's Linkedin

Thorsten's LinkedIn

Isabel's LinkedIn

SUX Slack Community

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SUX Website

Email us at podcast@sustainableuxnetwork.com to share your feedback or suggest future guests.

You probably have heard of life-centered design or non-human personas. But, have you applied it to your work already? 

For this episode we were joined by Damien Lutz from Sydney, Australia, one of the most prominent voices and drivers of life-centered design as well as the author of the “Life-centered design guide” and the “Non-human persona guide”. 

We discussed the problems of nowadays design, how we need to change the way we design from being destructive to being sustainable and regenerative. We spoke about non-human personas and if apples mother nature video is a good thing or not.

So, if you want to hear more about life-centered design, non-human personas and how to apply it. And if you want to learn about Damiens journey into the world of life-centered design, join us for this episode of the SUX Podcast.

Connect with our guest or us:

Damien’s Channels:

Damiens Websites:

https://lifecentred.design/

https://futurescouting.com.au/

Damiens Book “Life-centred Design Guide”: https://lifecentred.design/the-life-centred-design-guide/

Damiens Book “The non-human persona guide”: https://lifecentred.design/non-human-personas/the-non-human-persona-guide/

Damiens Book “Future Scouting”: https://futurescouting.com.au/design-guide-book/

Damien’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/damien-lutz-36230515/

Sources from the episode:

Book „Super Nature“ by Lyall Watson: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/525843.Supernature 

https://ecograder.com/ 

https://sustainablewebdesign.org

Articles by Monica Sznel: https://medium.com/@unpacking.design

Book “Design for the real world” by Victor Papanek:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/190560.Design_for_the_Real_World

Our Channels:

Bavo's Linkedin 

Thorsten's LinkedIn 

Isabel's LinkedIn 

SUX Slack Community 

SUX LinkedIn 

SUX Website

Email us at podcast@sustainableuxnetwork.com to share your feedback or suggest future guests.