symposium: undesign
What does it mean when the outcome of a design process is the decision not
to produce an object? Is this a design decision? How can designers work
outside the narrow constraints of the profession and deal with real world
issues? Is design for behaviour change an appropriate tool and what are the
limitations of this approach? How might Śundesigną processes be used as a
medium through which to investigate a design issue?
This symposium explores new and emergent critical positions in design
through the concept of Śundesigną. Led by a panel of international designers
and design researchers, the symposium takes the concept of Śundesigningą to
mean reducing, simplifying, removing or eliminating design (and complexity).
Building on the tradition of critical design, it aims to uncover and examine
new functions for contemporary design.
Speakers: Marloes ten Bhömer, Jochen Eisenbrand, Francisco Laranjo, Ramia
Mazé, Sarah Owens, Catharine Rossi, Thomas Thwaites, Maiko Tsutsumi
The symposium is convened by Björn Franke for the Department of History and
Theory as part of the FWF Research Project “Émigré Design Networks and the
Founding of Social Design”, led by Alison J. Clarke.
2 June 2016
University of Applied Arts Vienna
Heiligenkreuzer Hof, Refektorium
Schönlaterngasse 5
1010 Vienna