Commons in Design – Call for Abstracts
Open Call for paper for next year's Commons in Design conference at the Academy of Art and Design in Basel. The Application Deadline is 31.05.2022!
The retreat of industrial societies, the scarcity of resources, climate change, and the digitalisation of everyday life are aspects that have fueled the economy of sharing, swapping, and lending – principles of commoning. In addition to the economic motivation of sharing – as evident in the disruptive business models of Airbnb, Uber or Spotify – a change in values is emerging in creative societies, characterized by conviviality and community. This includes sharing in the sense of ecological sustainability and free cooperation, which is evident in collective offerings such as food sharing or the free encyclopedia Wikipedia.
Detailed Open CallBODIES-MACHINES-PUBLICS Residency at Immersive Arts Space
Are you an artist and /or researcher working on the relationship between sensing technologies, XR, the body and space? Proposals for installations, and/or performative interventions, that successfully blur the lines between the physical and digital – the body and the physical environment – are particularly welcome!
Tomás Maldonado: Design and Ecologies, Study day & Debate
On Tuesday 29 and Wednesday 30 April, a study day and a debate about Tomás Maldonado (1922-2018) will be held in Paris (Ensad and Italian Cultural Institut). This event coincides with the publication of two books by Tomás Maldonado (1922-2018), Vers une écologie critique. Environnement et idéologie (Les presses du réel, 2025) and Survivre ou habiter. Une écologie des milieux (T&P Work Unit, 2024). It is an opportunity to highlight the major figure of this designer and design thinker from the perspective of ecologies. In presence of French and international researchers, who aim to restore the historical significance and contemporary relevance of his thinking.
‘Types versus Standards’, two days of research in Strasbourg
Problemata are pleased to inform you of two days of research ‘Types versus Standards’, on 25 and 26 February 2025 at the University of Strasbourg, as part of the programme: Type versus Standard: towards new components in design. Critique of type in the context of the design of transitions (1914-2024).
SDN Project Grant 2025: Applications are open!
SDN Project Grant 2025 is currently accepting submissions until 15 March 2025.