Category Archives: gender

„It’s like theater“ – Soziale Konzepte von Gender und Körperlichkeit in Ari Asters Midsommar

Posted on May 15, 2020 by designabilities

von Sarah Reininghaus und Julia Willms Der vorliegende Artikel plant Entwürfe und Repräsentationen von Weiblichkeit im Zusammenhang mit Körperlichkeit und damit verstärkt Frauenfiguren[1] in Ari Asters Midsommar[2] in den Blick zu nehmen. Das Ziel ist es, anhand dieses populär-relevanten Beispiels … Continue reading →

Posted in body, Diversity, Film, gender, german/deutsch, movie, report | Tagged Ari Aster, behinderung, critique, critizsm, design, disability, Film, gender, Geschlecht, Gestaltung, horror, Julia Willms, kritik, midsommar, movie, Sarah Reininghaus, spoiler | 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

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

Gender in Aktion: Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven und technologische Interaktionen

Posted on September 17, 2016 by designabilities

“Technik ist aus unserem Leben nicht mehr wegzudenken. Sie durchdringt heute alle Lebensbereiche. Sie tritt uns als intelligente Akteurin zunehmend ebenbürtig gegenüber, denkt mit, unterstützt, bevormundet oder entmündigt. Dabei fließen in Gestaltungsentscheidungen immer auch – bewusst oder unbewusst – geschlechtliche … Continue reading →

Posted in Conference, design research, gender | Tagged albrecht kurze, Arne Berger, conference, design research, design research lab, Designforschung, Florian Conradi, Gender Design, iGDN, Jennifer Schubert, kisd, konferenz, Michelle Christensen, Network, sandra buchmüller, Shaowen Bardzell, symposium, TU Chemnitz, Uta Brandes | Leave a comment

Beauty and the Norm: Debating Standarization in bodily Appearance

Posted on April 1, 2016 by designabilities

Beauty and the Norm: Debating Standarization in bodily Appearance The past decades have seen a global boom in the body aesthetics services with profound effects on people’s bodies worldwide. The global beauty and fashion industries disseminate mass-mediated images of men … Continue reading →

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No Body – Some Body – Any Body: Gestaltete Gender-Identitäten (Konferenz)

Posted on September 24, 2015 by designabilities

Auf der Konferenz vom 22. – 23. Oktober, die in Kooperation zwischen dem international Gender Design Network / iGDN und der Fakultät Medien, Information und Design der Hochschule Hannover veranstaltet wird, diskutieren Designpraktizierende und Designforschende über Gender und Design im Kontext Körper und Objekt mit Bezug zu … Continue reading →

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RETHINK! Gender, Design and Media

Posted on April 23, 2015 by designabilities

Tomorrow (Friday, April 24) designtransfer presents the exhibition BLUE + PINK >>> RETHINK! of the international Gender Design Network (iGDN), as well as projects from the seminar “Gender Troublers” by students of the Berlin University of the Arts: Friday, 24 … Continue reading →

Posted in design project, design study, event, exhibition, gender | Tagged annie goh, barbara sandow, Berlin, design, designtransfer, fred meier-menzel, gender, iGDN, köln international school of design, kisd, Michelle Christensen, sandra buchmüller, Udk, universität der künste, University of the Arts, Uta Brandes, uta flick | Leave a comment

Design as Radical Labour (Interview with Tom Bieling)

Posted on April 3, 2014 by designabilities

NewPractice (Issue One) on ‘Design as Radical Labour’ includes an interview with Tom Bieling about social, cultural and political dimensions of Design. Find the entire interview here!

Posted in design research, gender, interview, social design, sustainability and social innovation | Tagged interview, New Practice, Radical Labour, Thom Swann, tom bieling | Leave a comment

Exhibition in Edinburgh/UK

Posted on June 19, 2013 by designabilities

On friday, 21st of June, an interesting exhibition starts in Edinburgh/UK. It also includes 3 works, developed in the DESIGN IN(G) SOCIETY Project,that was supervised by Tom Bieling in Cairo and Berlin last semester. 21.06.2013 | Opening 6.30 pm | Short Art … Continue reading →

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No innocent Artefacts

Posted on May 11, 2010 by designabilities

Corinna Barth*, against the background of Technoscience and Gender Studies, here talking about technological Embodiment, Hybrid Artefacts, Dynamic Embodiment and artificial inscriptions of gender aspects. According to Lucy Suchman, there ist no „Design from nowhere“ and therefore no “innocent artefacts”. … 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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