Imagine waiting at a rainy bus stop late at night, only to find a bench meticulously engineered to prevent you from lying down—a classic example of Hostile Design within the broader framework of the World Design Organization. In this episode of pplpod, we explore how Jacques Viénot and the evolution of Industrial Design have established the Global Standards that dictate every physical and digital interface you touch through the lens of Design Fiction. From the tactile resistance of smartphone buttons to the layout of rural hospitals, we reveal how 150,000 designers across 40 nations coordinate to shape human behavior. We unpack the "Linguistic Pivot" of 1959, where the organization shifted its focus from protecting individual pra ...