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Get PDFThe Future is Human-centred Design
In the following three issues of SIGNED we will explore the changing nature of design, and the growing trend toward putting people as the locus, and the focus, of designing more livable and sustainable societies
Theme - Conclusion
Get PDFSocial Design - Creating Positive Relationships
Having people at the centre of Design is importan
Theme - Shared Studios - Portals to Better Understanding
Get PDFDigital devices are a cornucopia of information, but they are also attention vortexes and a suit of armour protecting us from having to engage with nearby strangers. While often decried for its negative effects, one organisation is actively using the power of the internet to create global public spaces. People actively seek out strangers in these spaces, to learn about others, and better understand themselves
Printed Passion - The 31st Hong Kong Print Awards 2020
Get PDFHong Kong Print Awards returns as the city’s only professional print contest, proving the stronger-than-ever creative energy within local print-related design communities
Economic Consequences of Anti-Corruption Campaign in China: An Exploratory Study
Get PDFThis study examines the economic consequences of the anti-corruption campaign in China from the perspective of information risk. Using accruals quality as a proxy for information risk, we find that firms with terminated political connection brought about by the anti-corruption campaign, as compared to propensity-score-matched control firms, have lower information risk as represented by higher innate accruals quality. Employing a difference-in-differences approach to investigate the economic effects of the campaign, we further note that firms with resigned directors are associated with lower cost of equity. The evidence is consistent with the proposition that the anti-corruption campaign has lowered the information risk through an improvement in the operating environment of these impacted firms upon the resignation of connected officials. Further evidence suggests that, for an increase in information risk, the demand for a higher risk premium is more pronounced for firms with terminated connection due to the anti-corruption campaign than firms with no connection
Theme - Designing for Basic Human Needs
Get PDFDesign, and designers, exist in a complex new age and work within a vastly increased range of actors and design considerations. Beyond the creation of a standalone product or service, successful design is now also gauged on how effectively connections amongst people, products, and services are realised. Consequently, the 2020 series of Signed is dedicated to understanding why people\u27s need must always be the starting point for any designed solutions
Theme - Rethinking the Everyday: Food Non Food
Get PDFFood is not more than just something we put into our mouths. Food is a bridge between people, places, human world and the rest of the living things on the planet. By casting a design mind set onto the basic act of sustaining human life, we can gain fresh perspectives on how food is both driving change, and being forced to change by wider developments in society and the environment
