ABSTRACT
Mobility is an arena in which design has exerted a strong but often overlooked influence; affording particular forms of mobility whilst limiting others. This chapter identifies a range of themes that signpost both the collective contribution of chapters and avenues for further enquiry and exploration. It considers the effects of movement on design as unfinished accomplishments; the role of design techniques and practice in the process of conceiving the mobile subject; and the disciplining effects of design on the mobile subject. The chapter argues that it would be helpful to connect calculation, discipline and embodiment themes more explicitly in future work. It highlights the importance of understanding designed objects and designers as moral and political actors. Design filters and fixes a precise ideology out of a 'vague' set of everyday practices: representations by their nature are precise, and it is this act of precision that works against the vagueness and ambiguity of the world and the openness of social life.
