intervention design: from theory to design praxis

a bit more theory: modernism and postmoderism

what about design: design as way of changing the world

assignment: is design bad? watching monteiro

workshop 2 - a brief outline

assignment: reading mcluhan

making teams and first global brainstorm session

4buchla synthesizer by morton subotnick

<<understanding media>> (1964)

<<one-dimensional man>> (1964)

7how to understand both points of view today? (post)modernity

“we live in a world where there is more and more information, and less and less meaning”

jean baudrillard (1929-2007)

world exhibition 1958: philips pavilion

brasilia (1960)

11arnold schönberg (1874 - 1951)

modernism

• firm believe in progress • one ideology • history is bunk (after henry ford) • the world is manageable • in fact: everything is manageable

(even you) • key principles:

• rationalization • objectification • science is truth

world trade center, new york (1973)

theodor adorno (1903 - 1969)

paris (1968)

detroit (around 1967)

the netherlands (1973)

‘the spatialization of culture under pressure of organized capitalism’

fredric jameson’s definition of postmodernity

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1. nostalgia 2. irony 3. reenacting a historical situation 4. simulation of sensation 5. consummative engagement 6. over identification

the implosion of meaning: signs to recognize postmodernism

nostalgia/retromania

irony (very common in art and pop culture)

simulation of sensation

reenactment

authenticity (or consummative engagement)

over identification

“the simulation of something that never really existed”

hyperreality

daft punk - robot rock (2005)

30back in one hour!

intermezzo! assignment: reading mcluhan

back to the world exhibition in 1958

futurist manifest (1909)

manifest of De Stijl (1918)

bauhaus (1919-1933)

ray and charles eames (50s, 60s)

dieter rams: as little design as possible (50s, 60s, 70s)

dieter rams: ten principles for good design

helvica (1961)

david carson: intrusive design as praxis (90s)

massoud hassani: mine kafon (2012)

michiel schwarz: sustainism

sustainism is the new modernism

principles of sustainist design

michiel schwarz: sustainismback in one hour!

intermezzo! assignment: watching monteiro

now your on your own: making teams!

homework? see blog!