Prof. Dr. Gesche Joost & Žarko Dumičić
How to design a revolution
Seminar, English, 2 SWS, 2 ECTS, 4 places
Thursdays, 9-10:30h, Zoom (online classes) & Design Research Lab at UdK (in-person classes) + museum visits
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82954605489?pwd=VP3XBDzVogeuQtLWaXbWEFpm9ObxiQ.1

To register, please send your student details (name, matriculation no., study program) to Žarko Dumičić at zarko.dumicic_ @drlab.org.

This semester we are embarking on a learning journey as part of the Virtual Colloquium to explore the political implications of design and our resulting role as designers in society. We are taking the exhibition and publication „How to Design a Revolution: The Chilean Road to Design“ as our conceptual starting point, which showcase how graphic, industrial and systemic design were mobilised during Salvador Allende’s government (1970–1973) to support social transformation: democratising culture, reducing technological dependence, addressing malnutrition, and experimenting with participatory design. Alongside this historical case study, we will invite researchers, designers and scholars to examine the role of design in transforming society. As part of our practical exercises we will use critical and speculative design methods to imagine and prototype “small revolutions” in contemporary neighbourhoods and institutions. We will explore what changes do our communities and the universities of tomorrow need? And how can design help to implement them? Furthermore, as part of the class, we will be visiting museum exhibitions to get inspired and provide a space for reflection and discussion.

Prof. Dr. Gesche Joost is Professor for Design Research at the Berlin University of the Arts and since 2005 heading the Design Research Lab. With international partners, she conducts research and development projects in the areas of human-computer interaction, wearable computing, as well as user-centered design and participation. She acts in various committees, amongst them on the board of DGTF e.V. [German Society for Design Theory and Research] and on the board of the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes). She is the president of the Goethe-Institut.

Please find information on Žarko Dumičić here.