Big Tech is using design philosophy as a smokescreen

"Calm technology" is all the rage but big tech companies are leveraging the concept to distract from the ways their business models cause us harm, writes Rima Sabina Aouf.

What do Meta's Ray-Ban Display glasses, an AI dream journal and a smart-home status display made from a plank of timber have in common? Add to that an AI compass, all these dumbphones and an omniscient lapel badge?

Apart from inspiring a sort of consumerist vertigo when viewed in quick succession, they are all...