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Category Archives: awareness
Designing Utopia – Designers as Catalysts for Transformation
by Tom Bieling It is said that if 3.5% of the population, across all classes, are prepared to change substantial aspects of their way of life, this will set in motion a profound change in society. 3.5 %, that doesn’t … Continue reading
Posted in activism, architecture, awareness, body, design research, exhibition, gender, posthumanism, Protest, social design, sustainability and social innovation
Tagged Critical Care, design research, Designtheorie, NDU, New Design University, Political, Social, St. Pölten, tom bieling, Transformation Design, Transformationsdesign, vienna, wien
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Moving Protests: The Stories Objects Can Tell
by Anna Feigenbaum Public protests are a highly visible feature of social movements’ activism across the world. They are spaces where people come together to imagine alternative worlds and articulate contentious politics, often in confrontation with the state, global companies … Continue reading
Posted in activism, awareness, design research, Protest
Tagged activism, Anna Feigenbaum, artifacts, Camp, design, design research, Designforschung, Disobedient Objects, objects, Protest, Social Change, Tear Gas, Things
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Digitale Teilhabe verwirklichen
Dass Digitalisierung der Megatrend schlechthin ist und zudem immense Umwälzungen mit sich bringt, ist kein großes Geheimnis mehr. Laut Koalitionsvertrag für die 19. Legislaturperiode ist der Ausbau der Digitalisierung ein Kernthema für die neue Bundesregierung. Praktisch alle Bereiche wie Wirtschaft, … Continue reading
Ein Marsch für die Wissenschaft
Wissenschaft und Forschung sind eine Lebensgrundlage unserer offenen und demokratischen Gesellschaft. Da gerade in Zeiten „alternativer Fakten“ diese Botschaft besonders wichtig ist, finden am 22. April 2017 weltweit Demonstrationszüge statt. In Deutschland nehmen am sogenannten „March for Science“ die Städte … Continue reading
Posted in activism, awareness, event, german/deutsch, interview, Politik, research
Tagged Anja Neidhardt, Berlin, March of Science, Post-truth, postfaktisch, research, science, Tanja Gabriele Baudson
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Communication Design for Alzheimer’s Disease – Understanding and facilitating interactions through Communication Design
After we met Rita at Sheffield Halam last summer, we just stumbled over her project again, in which she explores different ways in which communication design can be applied to the context of Alzheimer’s disease. The project focuses mainly on raising awareness … Continue reading
Awareness album goes viral
With their little photo album posted on facebook, Grace Curley and here Brother Josh help to raise awareness of Down Syndrome, as well as Disability-Topics in general. The album consisted of 18 photographs featuring the 20-year-old Paris resident and her 18-year-old … Continue reading
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