Prisons are remarkable design environments when you think about it, because there are few experience that humans can have where every aspect of them — from the architecture to the lighting to the experience design to the social design — has been minutely worked out, minute by minute, inch by inch, to deliver a certain effectHe and Jessica discuss a few examples of the intersection of prison and design, from the Guardian’s VR story about solitary confinement to experiments with design thinking workshops for prisoners.
Also mentioned:
- Atul Gawande, Hellhole
- Design Against Crime Research Centre, Central Saint Martins
- Design thinking for prisoners in Fast Company and The Times of India
- Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility
- Paul Bloom talks about Why Empathy is a Bad Thing
- Richard Price, Clockers
- Drew Hodges, On Broadway: From Rent to Revolution
- the BBC series The Paradise based on Au Bonheur des Dames by Emile Zola
- Georges Perec, Life a User's Manual
- A history of Prince’s unpronounceable glyph
- Containment
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