International Design Talks

The fast food age of information consumption

Fabian Hemmert
Berlin 2014
Thursday, 15 May 2014 | 19:00 | Show
English

The fast food age of information consumption

Fabian Hemmert
Berlin 2014 | Thursday, 15 May 2014 | 19:00 | Show | English
For a long time, we have been hunter-gatherers for information. Today, we live in an age in which information is ubiquitously available. At the same time, it does not satisfy our hunger for more. We live in the fast-food age of information consumption. What are the psychological and emotional side effects of today's information consumption behavior? How can we, as designers, help people to consume in a more active and aware way?
Fabian Hemmert

Fabian Hemmert

Fabian Hemmert is a design researcher, born and raised in Germany. During his studies towards an M.A. degree in Interface Design, he worked for Nintendo of Europe and Marvel Comics. He currently finishes his PhD at the the Design Research Lab at the Berlin University of the Arts. His thesis... Read More

Related Talks

What does language look like?

What does language look like?

Ulrike Damm
DE
Order. Contrast. Reduction. The sure path to good design

Order. Contrast. Reduction. The sure path to good design

Tom Moog
DE
To Do – strategies, tools and business models for radical design

To Do – strategies, tools and business models for radical design

Florian Pfeffer
DE
First things – Last things

First things – Last things

Grzegorz Laszuk and the Raiders of the Lost Things
EN
Machine tools

Machine tools

Hamish Muir, Paul McNeil
EN
the cosmic component

the cosmic component

Emil Schult
DE
Is it possible to invent the book today?

Is it possible to invent the book today?

Tomas Mrazauskas
EN
The scripts of the painter – on the history & forms of German lettering

The scripts of the painter – on the history & forms of German lettering

Fritz Grögel
DE
The Art of Theft (Originality is an Illusion)

The Art of Theft (Originality is an Illusion)

Roger Law
EN
We don't want a solution because we like the problem

We don't want a solution because we like the problem

Jim Avignon
DE
Skill defeats hystery — the maturity of digital editorial

Skill defeats hystery — the maturity of digital editorial

Christian Hanke
EN
Type Design at Adobe

Type Design at Adobe

David Lemon
EN