The World as Project. A Political Theory of Design

Title: The World as Project. A Political Theory of Design
Published by: Jap Sam Books
Release Date: 2020
Contributors: Friedrich von BORRIES
Genre: theory / elmélet
Pages: 50
ISBN13: 978-94-92852-23-6

6500 HUF

In the past, designers created objects. Today, practically everything is designed: the climate, processes, refugee camps. But when everything is designed, it is high time to stop judging design solely on aesthetic criteria. According to Friedrich von Borries, we need a political theory of design. Man is forced to design the conditions under which he lives. If this happens in such a way that options for action are reduced, we are dealing with subjugation.

In his manifesto The World as Project. A Political Theory of Design, Friedrich von Borries argues for a design (of survival, society, the self) that evades the totalitarian logic of securitization and imagines new forms of living together against the ideology of lack of alternatives.