News: Invitation: Other economies – Other publications
Student work & Features
Publications:Languaging as Change Making
By:Mathilda Tham
I am a metadesigner working with languaging as my practice for making change at the level of paradigms. In this film/slideshow, I share some origins of languaging, how it can be a meta action for powerful change and examples from my work as a researcher, educator and activist.
The footage is harvested inside and within 100 metres around my studio in North London because I insist that we can and must talk about global challenges from where ever we are.
Happy change!
Student work:The Habitat, a multispecies realm
By:Betyul Hafazoglu
‘The habitat’ is an autoethnographic multispecies design project which will guide you through the physical and emotional experiences evoked by living and being with other species.
The habitat works as a visual and written digital archive.
By:Lovisa Bringzén
A second time, Again, Anew.
Iterum means many things. It is not only a word, but a way of thinking. It reflects cycles that refuse to end, the potential hidden within what was once discarded. This project is a testament to beginnings disguised as endings, a reminder that waste, too, can be a starting point.
The design programs
Why change?
Collecting knowledge
Doesn’t design already imply change? Yes, through design we give form to new products (and books, campaigns, services, systems and much more). Through these we also shape and change behaviours, attitudes and even worldviews.
Today it is both formally and globally recognised that both ecological and social systems are in a critical state. We also know that human activities – and not least design, and its associated overconsumption – drive unsustainability. With + Change we want to emphasise the very potential of design to affect change and to extend it. + Change comprises different perspectives on change, such as adaptation, evolution and revolution. For us + Change very much includes examining, challenging and changing the norms that shape the everyday life of individuals as well as society at large. To affect change through design can be about initiatives directed at products, systems or worldviews. We can choose to use design to affect change locally, regionally or globally, and with a focus on ecology, economy, human health and equality, or all of them simultaneously. Altogether + Change is about purposefully using design, and its inherent creativity, in order to achieve changes towards futures of sustainability.
+ Change is not only about what we study and why – it is also about how we do it. + Change pedagogy brings design, artistic expression and theory together. We believe we need students and staff groups to genuinely and in an interdisciplinary manner engage with the complexity of sustainability. Therefore, we have chosen to have an international intake on all our programmes and to deliver them in English. Together we make a + Change culture – dynamic, vibrant, creative and critical.
Sharing is Caring
This is our digital platform where you will find selected Works, News and Features coming from the Linnaeus University’s Design Department. It is a tool for us as students, educators and researchers to share, connect and re-connect ideas for + Change. We continuously work to make our + Change knowledge and practices available and searchable.
You can filter the database by general terms like: Course documentations, Final examinations; also by more specific conditions like: Video, Social media or Exhibitions.