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All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace by Adam Curtis showcases how humans have become colonised by the machines they have constructed over the years. Rather than liberating mankind, it argues that computers have distorted our perception of the world and that we do not realise since we see almost everything through the eyes of computers. The documentary series consists of three parts:

- 1. Love and Power: An investigation of the impact of Ayn Rand's Objectivist philosophy on the US stock market, especially through its influence on former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan.

- 2. The Use and Abuse of Vegetational Concepts: A look at the folly of applying machine concepts like cybernetics and systems theory to the natural ecosystem.

- 3. The Monkey in the Machine and the Machine in the Monkey: An exploration of why humans find machines so enchanting, drawing from biology's 'selfish gene theory', which holds that we are all 'soft machines' guided by our genes' impulses.

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Watch All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (2011) online. Documentary seeking to demonstrate how humans have become colonised by the machines they constructed and how computers have distorted our perception of the world.

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By exploring the idea that interior design is ‘inherently interdisciplinary” the authors shows how boundaries between interior and urban design disciplines can be blurred, with the potential for  innovative design thinking for both interior and urban designers.

Question to the authors: you allude to Berger’s point that the designer’s way of seeing needs to be considered. I would be interested to know if/how this can be done and whether it was in the Arcade of Brussels.

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Berlant’s use of the phrase ‘slow death’ is an important reminder to designers of the wider inequalities and privileges and the interlocking systems of power that influence us and those we work with and for.

Question to the author: Whilst writing about the powerlessness of certain sectors of society, you have used language and sentence structure which is complex and difficult. Does this matter?

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Forrester's systems model which promotes a man-made equilibrium within the boundaries set by the capacity of the earth is particularly relevant at the present time of Cop 26. So is Curtis’ assertion that this model was rejected by people in power who did not like changing the status quo.

Question: If  the machine principle has become our ideology and what drives people is power and politics, then what hope is there for change?

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One key sentence: “Domestic well-being is too important to be left to experts"  Experts, if they are doing their jobs well should be seeking the ideas and listening to the experiences of those who they are designing for.

Question to the author: This chapter was written in 1987 before the mass introduction of digital technology bringing with it new confidence amongst consumers. Do you feel the ideas explored in this book are equally relevant today?

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My project is about the ideas around exhibition spaces and perception. What's personal? What is public? Who or what makes art public? I'm researching the differences between art showcased in the institutional environment and independently.

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Peder Anker

"All the species would have their place in their environment struggling to fulfill wholeness in a greater whole. The common notion is that ecosystem theory is neutral. That is Bogus as they are highly politically charged".

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What would be the first step in combining our stagnant industrialism and architectural homogeneity with the natural balance?

"We need to manage the earth as a single spaceship".

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My project is about the ideas around exhibition spaces and perception. What's personal? What is public? Who or what makes art public? I'm researching the differences between art showcased in the institutional environment and independently.

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My research at the moment is about sustainability within design, specifically within the film industry. What are the issues that need to be tackled and are they also found within other design areas? Can I take innovations from other sectors and apply them to the film industry? Hierarchy of needs and targeting specific areas, thinking about system and service based needs...