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Alastair Somerville

Alastair Somerville

Telling stories, backwards and forwards

Read the full post for free at https://acuity.design

5 min read5 days ago

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Twin image of bookcover and poster for Stories Are Weapons and The Acolyte

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Alastair Somerville

Google is lost and they just need to stop

Free version https://acuity.design/google-is-lost-and-needs-to-stop/

1 min readMay 27, 2024

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Alastair Somerville

Frame & Name

Original post: https://acuity.design/frame-name/

2 min readMay 10, 2024

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Rectangle with word Frame embedded in boundary and word Name inside the box with arrow pointing at a dot

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Alastair Somerville

AI Iron Triangle

From original post https://acuity.design/ai-iron-triangle/

3 min readMay 7, 2024

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The AI iron triangle overlaid onto original model

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Alastair Somerville

3Topia

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6 min readMay 6, 2024

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Three column diagram for three topia- how to plan for change using three time periods each of which is a distinct thru topia

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Alastair Somerville

Equity and Inclusive Design

2 min readApr 26, 2024

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Alastair Somerville

Sofas Help

I was running a workshop on imagining futures for a German museum last week. We walked around the building and spent a lot of time going…

4 min readApr 18, 2024

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5 badges with slogan Sofas Help on them

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Alastair Somerville

No One, No Where Bots

Originally published at https://acuity.design on March 8, 2024.

4 min readMar 8, 2024

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Quadrant diagram from Technically correct to Socially meaningful with 2 questions to ask people

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Alastair Somerville

Text is not a good interface for detail

On Threads, Rotomonkey, a professional Environmental Technical Artist, has critiqued this new Sora generative AI video clip.

4 min readFeb 26, 2024

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Enfield’s book cover

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Alastair Somerville

Being human, being social

This is a post about sharing images and text as something humans have done for centuries for personal wellbeing. The current period has led…

3 min readFeb 14, 2024

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Two axis graph — ease of manufacture and breadth of distribution. So intent of sharing image of self is hard and tiny distribution in past but easy and vast now as Selfie.

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Alastair Somerville

Alastair Somerville

Sensory Design Consultant, usability researcher and workshop facilitator. www.linkedin.com/in/alastair-somerville-b48b368 Twitter @acuity_design & @visceralUX

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