What is contemporary design?

1    interactions

Relationships as a material. Also, understanding how as we design our world, it designs us (Willis, Anne-Marie. “Ontological designing”. Design Philosophy Papers, vol. 4, issue 2, pp. 69-92.)

2   give agency

To enable to take action.

3   collective engagement

Expanding the role of the designer from isolation to integration. To be active with(in) communities.

4   values

What is the role of values in the design process?

5   research as design

Should not be understood as a reference to “practice-led research” (Pedgley, 2007). Functions as a rigorous entanglement of making and theoretical knowledge (Jones, 2014; Findeli, 2008). Here, the aim is also to challenge the concept of objective knowledge, not to refer to theoretical knowledge as such.

6   process

Situating iterations within a wider network of learning instead of defining them as conclusions.

7   scale

Recognising the implications of scale in the age of globalisation and the context of regenerative futures. Should scale be defined by demand?

8   regenerative

Resilience vs. convenience.

9   possibilities

Resisting the idea of a truth and instead exploring the plurality of perspectives.

10   reflection

Embodiment, awareness, writing, examining or reviewing, gained knowledge from making, self-reflection, and the list goes on.

Concept, (non)manifesto, and facilitation by Milja Kalliokoski, Mariana Solis Escalera, and Aino Tuovinen.

The participating students and faculty have contributed to the editing process.