Thematic issue of the journal State of Affairs, edited by Dr Karolina Dudek (Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Faculty of Design)
Deadline for submission of abstracts: 10 March 2022.
Not only beautiful, but also functional – design, as Bruno Munari argues, is the planning of everything that shapes the environment, the world of life. In this understanding, design is a matter not only of industrial design in the conventional sense but also of services, processes, and experiences. Design is therefore ubiquitous today. No wonder that there is a clear increase in interest in design, as is reflected in numerous scientific publications and in the emergence of new subdisciplines over the last decade, such as, for example, design anthropology.
Design processes cross disciplinary boundaries, and involve a wide variety of actors and their knowledge. The creation of innovative solutions and objects tailored to the contexts in which they are to operate increasingly often requires the launch of appropriate tools enabling in-depth diagnosis, that is, research in support of design processes. Design thus enters into an alliance with the social sciences, anthropology, sociology, and psychology to meet this need. The role of designers is also changing. In the past, designers were architects of selected utility items, and “design” itself was understood quite narrowly as styling and giving an aesthetic form to industrial products. Today, designers work in interdisciplinary teams, and thus design management is becoming ever more important.
We invite representatives of various disciplines to join in constituting the anti-disciplinary field of reflection on design as a socio-cultural phenomenon, as well as on the relations between design and the social sciences, in particular the issue of using knowledge from the fields of psychology, anthropology, sociology, and management in design. We are also interested in the role of design and the designer in contemporary culture. Moreover, we want to recognize new areas of design theory and practice: experimental, speculative, critical, and social design.
We also invite you to submit proposals for texts in the following thematic areas:
- the ethnography of the design process
- the social history of design and style
- the history of art and design, relations between art and design
- the use of research in the design of services, objects, technologies, and public spaces: areas of interest and methodologies
- using design ideas in areas not directly related to design, in particular in management
- participatory design and co-design
- vernacular design and research
- cultural differences as a design challenge
- design as an element of business and economic strategies
- designing the future
- the education of designers
/// Please send applications containing the title, an abstract of around 500 words, and the author’s name, affiliation, and contact e-mail to the following address: redakcja@stanrzeczy.edu.pl by 10 March 2022.
/// Authors of the accepted abstracts will be invited to submit articles by 10 May 2022.
/// Any questions should be directed to Dr Karolina Dudek (karolina.j.dudek@stanrzeczy.edu.pl).
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Dr Karolina Dudek
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