Buddhist Geeks 217: The Aesthetic of Meditation is Broken (with Rohan Gunatillake)

This is an interesting and somewhat different Buddhist conversation than one usually hears - another great reason to tune into the Buddhist Geeks.

Rohan Gunatillake is Vince's guest this week - he blogs at 21awake.com and is working on a new project called Buddhify.

Buddhist Geeks 217: The Aesthetic of Meditation is Broken

16. May, 2011 by Rohan Gunatillake

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Episode Description:

We’re joined again by a regular contributor of Buddhist Geeks and blogger at 21awake.com, Rohan Gunatillake. Rohan joins us to explore three areas in which the aesthetic of meditation could be improved. Specifcally these areas are: 1) language, 2) look & feel, & 3) delivery models. We then explore various ideas on how to meet these design challenges with design-specific solutions. Rohan suggests that taking a co-design approach to these challenges, including the users more fully into the design process, is a great first step. In addition he shares details on a project that he’s currently working on, a mobile application called Buddhify, which is a specific example of improving the aesthetic of meditation through technological and design innovations.

Episode Links:

• 21awake.com
• Edinburgh Festivals Innovation Lab
• Buddhify
• Meditation by Design

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