Community Engagement
Syllabus⇝
Design practice and the role of the designer has been evolving over time. Evolving from a utilitarian perspective at the service of industry (design over) to the integration of the perspective of the human user and its needs (design for) and, later on, it’s integration as an active agent in the design process (design with) the agency and expertise of the designer has been critically put into question generation after generation. Presencing the burst of the user-centered bubble and in the face of various existential risks, along with these sessions, we will inquire over our role as designers and experience what it means to design within creative communities with the goal of putting our personal projects and capacities at the service of deep transitions.
Deliverables⇝
Students will have a variety of deliverables to fulfill on a weekly basis. They will be also be asked to iterate on their current practices and projects integrating the content and guidance offered in the sessions.
Additional Resources⇝
Thinking in Systems - Donella Meadows
Dark Matter and Trojan Horses - Dan Hill
Exposing the magic of Design - John Kolko
Frame Innovation - Kees Dorst
A more beautiful question - Warren Berger
Design, When everybody Designs - Ezio Manzini
Design for the Real World - Victor Papanek
Critical Zones - Bruno Latour & Peter Weibel
Leading from the Emerging Future - Otto Scharmer and Katrin Kaufer
Netography⇝
http://donellameadows.org/dancing-with-systems/
https://thesystemsthinker.com/guidelines-for-designing-systemic-interventions/
https://medium.com/fieldnotes-by-sam-rye/towards-targeted-systems-change-7f4db6febb51
Performing transitions
http://jonkolko.com/writingSensemaking.php
Conviviality in a cooperative housing — La Borda de Can Batlló
https://design.cmu.edu/sites/default/files/Transition_Design_Monograph_final.pdf
Faculty⇝
Markel Cormenzana, Transition Designer. Mechanical Engineer specialized in Product Development from the University of the Basque Country and the University of Southern Denmark (SDU). Ma Advanced Design Studies (UPC-UB). He has channeled his professional activity towards designing (product, service, systems, UX...) and innovating to dance with the complex social, economic and environmental challenges we face as a civilization. He is also a regular guest teacher at several design schools in Barcelona such as IED, BAU, Elisava or ESDESIGN.
Mercè Rua Farges is a researcher and design strategist at Holon.cat. With a multidisciplinary profile, at the crossroads between the social sciences, design, and the performing arts, she works to train and accompany organizations in their efforts to prosper by favoring a positive impact on society and the environment. Her passion is bringing people and teams together to bring out their collective intelligence and alignment to drive change.