DESIGNPOLITICS

&

DO NOT MIX

DESIGNNOW!

RE

GOVERNMENT

In the Political ArenaPrototyping Policy

Redisigning Democracy

DESIGNPOLITICS

&

POLITICS

POLITICALTHE

POLITICALTHE

POLITICS/=

POLITICS

POLITICS“…is a set of practices and institutions

through which an order is created”

Mouffe

POLITICALTHE

POLITICAL“…is the dimension of antagonism which is

constitutive of human societies”

THE

Mouffe

POLITICALTHE

“…space of freedom and public deliberation”

Arendt

POLITICSDESIGN FOR

POLITICSDESIGN FOR

“…most often works to improve access to information or to improve the access to various forms of ordered expression and action; it emphasizes techniques of merging form and content in aesthetically compelling and

functionally appropriate ways to support the means of governance”

DiSalvo

DESIGNPOLITICAL

DESIGNPOLITICAL

“…attempts to reveal, question and challenge prevailing conditions and structures (hegemonies) in our society; it

opens space for contestation and suggests new practices”

DiSalvo

DESIGNNOW!

RE

GOVERNMENT

POLITICSDESIGN FOR

POLITICSDESIGN FOR(PARTITIONED UNIT OF)

THINKINGDESIGN

THINKINGDESIGN(INSTRUMENTALIZED)

(FOR CORPORATIONS)

POLITICSDESIGN FOR

Refreshing local-level politics.

Potentiality

Antanas Mockus - Bogotá

POLITICSDESIGN FOR

Applying partitioned units of design to local policies resulting in, for example, gentrification

Risk

Sarah Kendzior - Hipster Economics

“Gentrifiers focus on aesthetics, not people. Because people, to them, are aesthetics”

‘Poor but sexy’ - Berlin

WANT TO BE THE

DOES

?

EINDHOVENNEW BERLIN

POLITICSDESIGN FOR

DESIGNPOLITICAL

Eindhoven - Oct/2012

OTHERTHE

MARKET

“…Is a platform, materialized in a series of carts and stalls, to trade products and services without money, using dialogue as a currency. The carts and stalls are made embracing the aesthetics of informality, aiming

to create a contrast with over-planned and over-designed societies; this is also the main aspect to trigger dialogues on the streets. The Other Market

affirms the public space as a place for participation and contestation”

OTHERTHE

MARKET

Eindhoven - April 5/2013

Eindhoven - April 19/2013

Utrecht - May 4/2013

Den Haag - Sep 26/2013

Rotterdam - Nov 26/2013

Budapest - Dec 10/2013

Leuven - May 10/2014

CAN DO

WHATDESIGN

FORPUBLICSPACE

Amsterdam - May 10/2014

DESIGNER

I AM JUST(AN)OTHER

DESIGN

POLITICS

POLITICIZE

(RE)DESIGNINGBEFORE