Category Archives: awareness

Democratic Graphics – The political and graphic work of Gerd Arntz 1920–1940

Posted on December 11, 2020 by designabilities

von Flip Bool To point out and critically display social conditions. To engage society through design. Under this premise, Gerd Arntz developed the visual language of Isotype in the team around Otto and Marie Neurath and has since then … Continue reading →

Posted in activism, aesthetics, awareness, Design History, designwissenschaft, Politik, Protest, visual communication | Tagged Bildpädagogik, design research journal, designabilities, designgeschichte, designhistory, Flip Bool, Gerd Arntz, Informationsdesign, Isotype, Marie Neurath, Marie Reidemeister, Otto Neurath, Pictogram, Politcs, visual communication, Wiener Kreis | Leave a comment

Invisible Women – Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

Posted on April 6, 2020 by designabilities

A book review by Johanna Mehl. In her award-winning book „Invisible Women“ Caroline Criado Perez shows, how the lack of data or the refusal to regard existing data on women’s bodies, environments, and occupations cause the perpetuation of a male … Continue reading →

Posted in awareness, body, Diversity, gender, Literature | Tagged book, buch, Caroline Criado Perez, data bias, design, gender, johanna mehl, review, rezension | Leave a comment

»Sein eigener Designer sein«. Wie Mike als Behinderter seinen Alltag gestaltet.

Posted on March 28, 2020 by designabilities

von Noëmi Burkhalter Sich im Alltag frei bewegen zu können, alles selbständig zu erledigen und zu unternehmen, was man möchte, ist für viele von uns eine Selbstverständlichkeit. Doch was geschieht, wenn durch eine unheilbare Krankheit alltägliche Handlungen zu einer grossen … Continue reading →

Posted in accessible, awareness, care, co-design, disability aesthetics, disability studies, Diversity, Experience Disability, german/deutsch, Health | Tagged barrierefrei, behinderung, disability, Exklusion, inklusion, Margot Schild, michael erlhoff, Muskelatrophie, Muskelschwund, nid, Noëmi Burkhalter, Non-intentional Design, Uta Brandes | 2 Comments

produkt | NACHHALTIG | design

Posted on November 15, 2019 by designabilities

von Sonja Stummerer und Martin Hablesreiter. Das erste Mal überhaupt wage ich mich an einen persönlichen Text. Zwar stehe ich der Wissenschaftlichkeit durch Fußnoten seit jeher skeptisch gegenüber und betrachte Zitate als Feigheit vor der eigenen Aussage, aber dieser Essay … Continue reading →

Posted in awareness, Food, german/deutsch, sustainability and social innovation | Tagged martin hablesreiter, nachhaltig, nachhaltigkeit, sonja stummerer, sustainability, sustainable | Leave a comment

Wie Wien wirklich zur lebenswertesten Stadt der Welt werden kann

Posted on August 1, 2019 by designabilities

von Chiara Welter Wien gilt als die lebenswerteste Stadt der Welt und das nicht zu Unrecht. Aber bei genauerer Betrachtung scheint es, als sei diese begrüßenswerte Entwicklung ganz explizit auf Kosten bestimmter Gruppen geschehen, die aus der Stadtgesellschaft ausgeschlossen und … Continue reading →

Posted in architecture, awareness, Diversity, Politik, space, urban | Tagged DefensiveArchitecture, Diversity, Gentrification, Gentrifizierung, Obdachlose, partizipation, Stadt für alle, StadtWien, teilhabe, Verdrängung, vienna, Wem gehört die Stadt, wien | 3 Comments

Designing Utopia – Designers as Catalysts for Transformation

Posted on May 24, 2019 by designabilities

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 | Leave a comment

Moving Protests: The Stories Objects Can Tell

Posted on November 1, 2018 by designabilities

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 | Leave a comment

Digitale Teilhabe verwirklichen

Posted on August 24, 2018 by designabilities

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 →

Posted in augmentative communication, awareness, co-design, design research, disability studies, Politik | Tagged DBSV, design, Digital Inclusion, Digitale Teilhabe, participation, participatory, participatory design, research, Resolution, teilhabe, tom bieling | Leave a comment

Ein Marsch für die Wissenschaft

Posted on April 6, 2017 by designabilities

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 | Leave a comment

Communication Design for Alzheimer’s Disease – Understanding and facilitating interactions through Communication Design

Posted on February 26, 2014 by designabilities

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 →

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Awareness album goes viral

Posted on February 6, 2012 by designabilities

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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Welcome to DESIGNABILITIES!

Posted on June 1, 2009 by designabilities

… a research blog developed and run at

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