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Dead Ends

The School of Good Services

Dead Ends is a monthly podcast about how the world around us is designed, and how it got that way, ending mostly in, isn’t that interesting?

Hosted by Lou Downe and Sarah Drummond, powered by The School of Good Services

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  • 7 episodes
  • Avg 52 min
  • English

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  • S1 · E6
    Nov 20, 2024 · 57 min

    Dead Ends: Luxury

    Luxury: Who experiences it, and what makes an experience luxurious?

  • S1 · E5
    Aug 27, 2024 · 33 min

    Dead Ends: Austerity II

    From grim to hope. How we need to overcome short termism and design for emergence

  • S1 · E5
    Aug 27, 2024 · 1 hr

    Dead Ends: Austerity I

    From an idea on Big Society and volunteering to extensive cuts in services, we talk austerity

  • S1 · E4
    Jul 30, 2024 · 1 hr 6 min

    Dead Ends: Vernacular

    From modernist buildings, schools in the desert to embedded social and cultural ideas in our services we talk vernacular

  • S1 · E3
    May 29, 2024 · 1 hr

    Dead Ends: Legacy

    We talk about Legacy IT through the medium of time capsules, Risk Astley, soy sauce barrels and statues gone wrong

  • S1 · E2
    Apr 12, 2024 · 50 min

    Dead Ends: Patterns

    We talk about patterns and the world of people seeking to define the world around them

  • S1 · E1
    Mar 12, 2024 · 40 min

    Dead Ends: Lock Ins

    We talk about being locked into products and services

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