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essays about design/control/etc
by Kat Su
16 blocks • 6 days ago
thinking about design
by Mary Jac Heuman
57 blocks • about 2 months ago
•• Image Intervention
by Daniel Lefcourt
58 blocks • about 2 years ago
Amazon.com: FlooberGoober's review of Uncorporate Identity
Amazon.com: FlooberGoober's review of U…
Considering Design Features
by Csaba Osvath
21 blocks • over 2 years ago
Mainstream in General
by Emily Segal
41 blocks • 5 months ago
Aboutlog / Mantra
by Greta H.S.
162 blocks • 4 months ago
Against Speculative Design
by Toby Shorin
9 blocks • about 2 months ago
Post-Identity Design: Brands, Politics, and Technological Instability
Post-Identity Design: Brands, Politics,…
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"So called "speculative design" or "critical design" are in reality institutional projects that have little use or interest outside of the institutions that generate them. Whilst this crit room fodder can have a lot of pedagogical value in school, it is a mistake to presume as the fine artist does, that your particular brand of self-indulgent navel-gazing is something the rest of the world needs or wants. Ironically the lack of any criteria for "speculative" or "critical" design makes critical evaluation impossible. It doesn't have to do anything (outside of the classroom). Your fantasy praxis is the residue of privilege. Obviously if the work is brilliant, beautiful or interesting, that is reason enough for it to exist – but mostly it's just dumb and boring."

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