Design Quote by Jens Martin Skibsted

Looking at the numbers, the transatlantic slave trade matches the Holocaust in horror - maybe even without counting subsidiary effects like internal strife and…

— Jens Martin Skibsted

I do think we need to at least register artificial intelligence units to be able to monitor and control them. Because we want to…

— Jens Martin Skibsted

Bundling finance, energy solutions, water solutions, traffic infrastructure, and all general urban infrastructures is too much of an ask for most developing cities.

— Jens Martin Skibsted

Consumers do not want a perceived cheap car; they want a car to flaunt. A car is as much about status and identity as…

— Jens Martin Skibsted

Neoliberalism became the leading economic ideology in the U.S. and in the U.K. during Ronald Reagan's and Margaret Thatcher's mandates. In this way, the…

— Jens Martin Skibsted

Urban mobility is a massive global challenge. The world needs people to use multiple forms of transport - a mix of biking, walking, and…

— Jens Martin Skibsted

Citizens have long been easily influenced by the opinions of others and sought social proof, but social media have amplified the phenomena to unprecedented…

— Jens Martin Skibsted

Design negotiates between technology, policy, systems, and users.

— Jens Martin Skibsted

The road to energy efficiency is, in theory, a sustainability sweepstake. More efficiency means that less fuel is required to generate a given amount…

— Jens Martin Skibsted

Curbing pollution and global warming takes a global cooperative mindset. Development aid needs to be rethought in this context.

— Jens Martin Skibsted

Being design-led means designers take ideas from the abstract to the concrete, from potential to real value.

— Jens Martin Skibsted

Effective altruism is a philosophy and social movement which tries to work out the most effective ways to improve the world. Effective altruists -…

— Jens Martin Skibsted