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Designing Tech That (Finally) Respects Our Time & Humanity | Announcing The Calm Tech Institute

The Calm Tech Institute is a new design organization creating standards for technology which respects time and attention.

May 21

Designing Tech That (Finally) Respects Our Time & Humanity | Announcing The Calm Tech Institute

May 21

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How Design is Governance

Design not only shapes how a product or service will be used, but also restricts or frustrates people’s existing or emergent choices.

Mar 30, 2023

How Design is Governance

Mar 30, 2023

Announcing Calm Tech Certified™ and the First Class of Certified Products

I’m excited to announce that the Calm Tech Institute (CTI) just announced the launch of Calm Tech Certified™, a certification program…

Oct 29

Announcing Calm Tech Certified™ and the First Class of Certified Products

Oct 29

A Centaur Solution For Customer Support: Amplifying AI Efficiency with Human Empathy

AI can help both the humans offering customer support and the people receiving the customer support. Here’s how:

Sep 4

A Centaur Solution For Customer Support: Amplifying AI Efficiency with Human Empathy

Sep 4

Our “Smart” Devices Still Have a Blue Light Problem — But There Are Solutions

I recently spent the night at a friend’s house. With gorgeous throw rugs and tasteful wall art, he had done everything possible to create…

Jul 11

Our “Smart” Devices Still Have a Blue Light Problem — But There Are Solutions

Jul 11

Apple’s Approach to AI Should Rewrite the Industry’s Expectations for the Technology

Apple’s recently-announced but belated embrace of AI is being called “boring” by some fans of ChatGPT. My perspective is somewhat different…

Jun 27

Apple’s Approach to AI Should Rewrite the Industry’s Expectations for the Technology

Jun 27

Why We Need a Future Where Technology is Calm

When we use technology designed to save us time in disharmony with our environments, gains in convenience are lost to stress.

Jan 9

Why We Need a Future Where Technology is Calm

Jan 9

How small memos can make large organizational changes

Amber Case is author of Calm Technology and a Research Director at the Metagovernance Project. A frequent design consultant across many…

Dec 7, 2023

How small memos can make large organizational changes

Dec 7, 2023

Impulse, Notion, Muse: Three ways we respond to events, and how to identify them

Have you ever read a post online that made you extremely upset, then found yourself resorting to negative activity (flame wars, listless…

Nov 20, 2023

Impulse, Notion, Muse: Three ways we respond to events, and how to identify them

Nov 20, 2023

Calm Tech for Quality Air: How I Turned My Living Space Into a Friendly Spacecraft

When we think about calm technology for homes, it’s easy to imagine a sunlit living space by the ocean or a peaceful meadow, with some…

Oct 12, 2023

Calm Tech for Quality Air: How I Turned My Living Space Into a Friendly Spacecraft

Oct 12, 2023

Amber Case

Amber Case

11.5K Followers

Design advocate, founder of the Calm Technology Institute, speaker and author of Calm Technology. Former Research Fellow at MIT Media Lab and Harvard BKC.

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