Living in Information. Jorge Arango

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       TWO WAVES BOOKS BROOKLYN, NY, USA

      Living in Information

      Responsible Design for Digital Places

      By Jorge Arango

      Two Waves Books

      an Imprint of Rosenfeld Media, LLC

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      Brooklyn, New York

      11215 USA

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      Publisher: Louis Rosenfeld

      Managing Editor: Marta Justak

      Interior Layout Tech: Danielle Foster

      Cover and Interior Design: The Heads of State

      Indexer: Marilyn Augst

      Proofreader: Sue Boshers

      © 2018 Jorge Arango

      All Rights Reserved

      ISBN: 1-933820-65-9

      ISBN-13: 978-1-933820-65-1

      LCCN: 2017958794

      Printed and bound in the United States of America

      For Boisie, who introduced me to information environments. I wish he could have experienced this one.

       Contents at a Glance

       Foreword by Hugh Dubberly

       Introduction

       Chapter 1. Environments

       Chapter 2. Context

       Chapter 3. Incentives

       Chapter 4. Engagement

       Chapter 5. Technology

       Chapter 6. Architecture

       Chapter 7. Structure

       Chapter 8. Systems

       Chapter 9. Sustainability

       Chapter 10. Gardening

       Conclusion

       Index

       Acknowledgments

       About the Author

       Colophon

       Contents and Executive Summary

       Foreword by Hugh Dubberly

       Introduction

      We are in the midst of a major social transformation—moving many of our day-to-day activities from physical places to information-based places that we experience on our phones and computers. The central question of this book is: How can we design these information environments so they serve our social needs in the long term?

       Chapter 1. Environments

      The form and structure of our environments shape our interactions with each other and with our social institutions. For most of our history, we’ve operated within physical environments. But now we are also inhabiting environments that are made of information.

       Chapter 2. Context

      Our relationship with our environments establishes contexts that influence our thinking and behavior. Our awareness of where we are and what we can do there is informed by affordances and signifiers in the environment.

       Chapter 3. Incentives

      The form and structure of our environments have not emerged arbitrarily; instead, they have developed over time to help us fulfill particular needs. These needs are driven by incentives that influence both design constraints and intended user behaviors.

       Chapter 4. Engagement

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