Resources

A collection of texts and books that have influenced my thinking over the last years — mostly circling around philosophy in design and creative work with computers. Articles are freely accessible online; click a row to read it. If you want to share something with me, please do – my mail adress is feedback@timrodenbroeker.de.

Title Author Format
A Brief History & Ethos of the Digital Garden Maggie Appleton article
Inside the Box How Constraints Make Us Better David Epstein book
How to speak Machine John Maeda book
Code@Art Eine elementare Einführung in die Programmierung als künstlerische Praktik Jochen Viehoff and Georg Trogemann book
Computing and Sustainability Hundred Rabbits article Critical Engineering Manifesto Julian Oliver, Gordan Savičić, Danja Vasiliev article
Critique of Cynical Reason Peter Sloterdijk book
Deep Codes What sits beneath the Anti-Brief? Life Enobling Design article
Design as an Attitude Alice Rawsthorn book
design philosophy Tomotama article Designing Friction Luna Maurer & Roel Wouters article Digital esthetics, environmental change and the subcultures of computer art Viznut (Ville-Matias Heikkilä) article
Digital Minimalism Cal Newport book
Efficiency vs. Effectiveness What Happens When Design Ditches Big Tech? It's Nice That article Floss and Art Introduction Aymeric Mansoux, Marloes de Valk article Gurus of Degrowth Say Hello to the Ancient Cynics MD Usher article
History for Tomorrow Roman Krznaric book
How and Why I Stopped Buying New Laptops Kris De Decker article
How to Do Nothing Resisting the Attention Economy Jenny Odell book
How to Say No An Ancient Guide to the Art of Cynicism M.D. Usher book
In Defense of the Poor Image Hito Steyerl article Learn to Code vs. Code to Learn Creative Coding Beyond the Economic Imperative Silvio Lorusso article Learning Creative Coding Stig Møller Hansen article
Letters to Lucilius Seneca book
Lowtech Manifesto Redundant Technology Initiative article
Lo—TEK Design by Radical Indigenism Julia Watson book
Machine learning is neither good or evil Viznut (Ville-Matias Heikkilä) article
Meditations Marcus Aurelius book
My Website Is a Shifting House Next to a River of Knowledge What Could Yours Be? Laurel Schwulst article
Non-things Upheaval in the Lifeworld Byung-Chul Han book
Permacomputing 101 Hundred Rabbits article Permacomputing Aesthetics Aymeric Mansoux, Brendan Howell, Dušan Barok, Ville-Matias Heikkilä article Permacomputing as a practice for digital Graphic Design Hannah Gmeiner article public class Graphic_Design implements Code { // Yes, but how? } Stig Møller Hansen article Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Recycle Nirav Patel article
Resonance A Sociology of Our Relationship to the World Hartmut Rosa book
Slow Productivity Cal Newport book
Small Is Beautiful Ernst Friedrich Schumacher book
Speaking about God A Dialogue with Simone Weil Byung-Chul Han book
The Apology Plato book
The Disappearance of Rituals Byung-Chul Han book
The Human Condition Hannah Arendt book
The New Designer Manuel Lima book
The Spirit of Hope Byung-Chul Han book
The Uncontrollability of the World Hartmut Rosa book
The Unix Philosophy Eric S. Raymond article wabi tek sabi Tom Jennings article Why should I learn this if AI can just do it? In defense of craft, and the next great creative generation Rachel Young article
Wu Wei Theo Fischer book
Western Melancholy How to Imagine Different Futures in the ”Real World“? interakcije.net article