News: Invitation: Other economies – Other publications
Student work & Features
“What is the meaning of Airbnb in Växjö?”
By:Yunquan Liu
In my thesis project, I have tried to analyze how Airbnb reflects the social environment in big cities. My research aim is to let more and more tourists and local residents enhance the awareness that Airbnb need to be used in a right/better way through criticizing impact on social environment reflected by Airbnb.
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.
To use is to observe what is there already
Student work:The knowledge of use – Looking inside rather than outside of our wardrobe, in order to meet our needs
By:Maria Pasqualini
Usership, a simple yet fulfilling concept, was chosen as it does not require one to step outside its house, but inside its wardrobe. To use is to observe what is there already, the components of clothing, the memories that arise. Use is about time, it is the time we give to clothing to cover our skin with knowledge.
Student work:Bakom Rubrikerna
By:Saga Arndt
Bakom Rubrikerna (Behind the headlines) is a project that explores the concept of selective sympathy and what role media, especially newsprints, have in recreating harmful narratives around certain refugees.
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.