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Student work & Features
Student work:Living in Petroculture
By:Sára Bartošová
This project explores alternative ways of action instigating climate crisis communication. In a world saturated with oil and its outcomes: What is it that we need to see, hear and feel to grasp the gravity of oil addicted society and take the ecological threat seriously?
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.
Student work:I’mOther
By:Camilla Guzmán & Emma Parsmo
I’mOther explores the concept of childfreeness, and the notion of being childfree by choice as a cis-woman, through multidisciplinary practices and theories that combine methods from art and crafts, metadesign and feminist sociology.
Student work:Creating collective memory through Kamishibai
By:Natsuko Shimomura
The project started by investigating the relationship between the library space and the urban community in Araby, Växjö. This area has a high concentration of young immigrants, and the project aims to address concerns about the decreased amount of time children spend reading in modern society.
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.
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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.