Thinking Design for this Century
Two decades into this century, our lives have been impacted by a constellation of interconnected emerging issues: from the current global pandemic to the most recent Black Lives Matter uprising, from the “Me Too” movement, to climate emergency and the ongoing economic and democracy crises.
This talk will consider how design might intervene in, and respond to contemporary contexts and crises, departing from disciplinary norms and cannons of earlier design movements and eras and reacting to current demands for a society of greater equity, care and justice for all.
The talk is based on a course in the Transdisciplinary Design MFA program at Parsons School of Design, The New School.