The Democratization of Design
Good design, once a luxury for the upper class, is
now finding its way into all walks of life. These
pieces explore the move toward a more democratic
form of design—for, with, and in support of the
human experience.

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FEATURE

6 No Pain, No Gain: Pleasure
and Suffering in Technologies
of Leidenschaft

Bernd Ploderer, Peter Wright,
Steve Howard, Peter Thomas

FEATURE 12 Anything Is a Fridge:

The Implications of Everyday Designers

Ron Wakkary

COVER STORY

18 Citizen-Centered Design (Slowly)
Revolutionizes the Media and
Experience of U.S. Elections

Jessica Friedman Hewitt

Design Advocacy in Government

Richard Grefé

SUSTAINABLY OURS

26 The New Energy Interface

Peter C. Honebein

FEATURE 29 Web 2.0 in Government

Francesca Barrientos, Elizabeth Foughty

UNDER DEVELOPMENT

36 The Six Habits of Highly
Effective “Humanitarian”
Projects
Gary Marsden

PS AND QS

40 Research Automation
as Technomethodological
Pixie Dust
Elizabeth Churchill