MAKING/CRAFTING/DESIGNING
PERSPECTIVES ON DESIGN AS A HUMAN ACTIVITY
Design Theory Symposium
10–12 February 2011
Akademie Schloss Solitude
Stuttgart, Germany
Humans are essentially makers of things. These material artifacts
surround us, they form our environment, and even form part of us. It is
no longer possible to ignore that the world we live in is not a given,
but is made by us. Alongside this realization, the world itself has
become increasingly makeable, for example through genetic engineering,
nanotechnology, and synthetic biology. As the resulting artifacts grow
ever more complex, it has become crucial to understand the process and
consequences of their production. These operations can essentially be
understood as design processes. Within an extended notion of design
almost all human activity is, to a significant degree, a design
activity.
Through lectures and workshops, this symposium explores how an extended
notion of design could be conceptualized and what the consequences for
design as an academic discipline might be.
Speakers include Richard Sennett (New York University), Rick Poynor
(Design Writer, London), Stephen Duncombe (New York University), Lucy
Kimbell (Fieldstudio, London), Susanne Küchler (University College
London), Alfred Nordmann (Technische Universität Darmstadt), and Oliver
Müller (University of Freiburg).
For further information and registration please visit:
www.makingcraftingdesigning.com
The symposium is organized by Sarah Owens, Zurich University of the
Arts and Björn Franke, Royal College of Art, London. It is hosted and
supported by the art, science & business program of the Akademie
Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart.
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