Class Design Theory and Criticism

In a post-pandemic era of total automation, priorities realign and design loses importance. But when there is a perception that all design is political, its superficiality and impotence are reevaluated, as well as the potential of its contributions. This discipline expands the 'starter kit' of designers, the inherently incomplete and contradictory sum of pre-existing material and cultural constraints that play a role in design, and yet remain invisible. Through theoretical journeys around the culture of design and the design of culture, this course lays the groundwork for the development of a critical practice.

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· Design theory, criticism and the development of critical practice Theories, methods, movements, key figures, challenges and potential. From the designer-as-author to the designer-as-researcher. · Decolonissation and design Exploring the relations between capitalism and design, the structures which frame the practice of design and its many political dimensions. · Precarity. labour and a shifting culture Questioning the infrastructure in which designers work, possible alternative models, visual manifestations and overarching critique of our labour.

— Multiple lenses used via different researchers in relation to design theory. — Curation of the course by a research centre.

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