Time by Design
How Communicating Slow Allows Us to Go Fast
$108.37
- Paperback
232 pages
- Release Date
13 January 2026
Summary
Speed in collective action, like teamwork or organizing, is never simply a time-based issue. While conventional theory relies on time-based interventions to achieve speed, this approach typically fails. In Time by Design, Dawna Ballard shows how speed is actually a function of the relationship between time and communication, or chronemics.
Ballard identifies two communication design logics—fast and slow—that reflect contrasting beliefs about how communication works to support…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262552707 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262552701 |
| Author: | Dawna I. Ballard |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 232 |
| Release Date: | 13 January 2026 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
| Series: | Design Thinking, Design Theory |
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ENDORSEMENTS“Dawna Ballard’s Time by Design presents one of the most original perspectives on design I’ve encountered—showing how time shapes communication. It’s essential reading for anyone interested in design.”—Gloria Mark, Professor Emerita, University of California, Irvine; author of Attention Span “Ballard’s brilliant framework turns time into a canvas for human communication. She invites us to design a world in which things take the time they must.”—Victor M. Montori, Professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic; author of Why We Revolt: A Patient Revolution for Careful and Kind Care
About The Author
Dawna I. Ballard
Dawna I. Ballard is Associate Professor of Organizational Communication and Technology in the Moody College of Communication at the University of Texas Austin. Her research and commentary are regularly featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Time, The Atlantic, Fortune, Forbes, Inc., and NPR, as well as venues such as SXSW and Creative Mornings.
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