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Dead Ends is a monthly podcast about how the world around us is designed, and how it got that way, ending mostly in, isn’t that interesting? Hosted by Lou Downe and Sarah Drummond, powered by The School of Good Services

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    • Nov 20, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 52m AVG DURATION
    • 7 EPISODES


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    Dead Ends: Luxury

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2024 57:53


    In our sixth episode of Dead Ends we've gone all luxury. We talk what makes a service luxurious? And the romans (again), sumptuary laws, experience economy and what happens when we apply luxury to public services

    Dead Ends: Austerity II

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2024 33:16


    In our fifth episode of Dead Ends we've broken out into a two parter. In part two of episode five, we talk austerity, sharing economy, hope and designing for emergent futures.

    Dead Ends: Austerity I

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2024 60:00


    In our fifth episode of Dead Ends we've broken out into a two parter. In part one of episode five, we talk austerity, Big Society and the tactics of austerity service design.

    Dead Ends: Vernacular

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2024 66:33


    In our fourth episode of Dead Ends, we talk local buildings, brutalism, digital colonialism and Palm Springs

    Dead Ends: Legacy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2024 60:30


    In our third episode of Dead Ends, we talk time capsules, soy sauce, legacy IT and Rick Astley.CW: We swear on this episode and talk about some well endowed statues

    Dead Ends: Patterns

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2024 50:30


    In our second episode of Dead Ends, we talk patterns, if and then logics, design systems and cheese.

    Dead Ends: Lock Ins

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2024 40:22


    Our inaugural episode for Dead Ends on Lock Ins.We talk being locked into products and services, being in a queuing art work, the Sydney lock in rules and taking a well known dieting app to court

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