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Student work & Features
Student work:XXLargely seen – The visibility, accessibility and ideal fashion future for plus size people
By:Wilma Lundgren
In my project “XXLargely seen” I sought out to explore the visibility of plus size people in the current fashion industry, and what legitimacy they have as a market category and customer base. Using speculative design as my main method, I divided the project into two stages, “What is” (current state) and “what if” (what could be). In the first part I gathered data on the topic of plus size visibility in the fashion industry, using my own experiences, field studies, collaboration with a small clothing store owner and questionnaires to get the perspective of other plus size people.
By:Kashish Shabee
This project highlights the challenges of pregnant and parenting students in higher education. Through critical and social design, it creates inclusive spaces and advocacy tools to empower student-parents and promote a more inclusive academic environment.
Student work:yOu Can just stop Doing it
By:Bonnie Delord
yOu Can just stop Doing it is a digital booklet designed to help people with OCD share their experiences. It challenges common misconceptions by using illustrated short stories, each narrated by OCD itself, to explain different themes of the condition, making it easier to talk about OCD without fear, shame, or being misunderstood.
By:Sara Gottschalk
Collaborative design processes beyond the project, engagements, has been one focus of my doctoral research in participatory design for sustainable urban transition. In this reflection I unpack the of responsible design engagement and illustrate it with a visual model. This text is written for design students interested in +Change design-work with civil communities and is the initial reflection-on-action of a forthcoming longer text.
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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.
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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.