Design activism
Overview
The use of art activism for political ends is well established. But what about design? As a secondary strand of my PhD research project on design and policy entrepreneurship, I am investigating cases of design activism. My hope is to explore the connection between this form of politically oriented design and design for policy, particularly as it relates to problem brokering. Here, I am also interested in the use of aesthetics, and in the way design activism can disrupt or unsettle norms and prompt a questioning of the status quo.
Team
Stefano Maffei
Collaboration with
Social Design Unit SDU Kolding, Eva Knutz, Thomas Markussen