"Design verfügt nicht nur durch seine gestalterischen Artefakte, sondern auch anhand der ihm zur ... more "Design verfügt nicht nur durch seine gestalterischen Artefakte, sondern auch anhand der ihm zur Verfügung und zu Grunde liegenden Begrifflichkeiten über das Potenzial, soziale Ungleichheiten entweder festzuschreiben oder aber zu unterminieren."
Depending on the focus, design research can occasionally seem to be a moving point in the coordin... more Depending on the focus, design research can occasionally seem to be a moving point in the coordinating system between more or less strongly polarized components such as “theory and praxis,” “art and technology,” “science and industry” or “politics and economy.” The related approaches are particularly fascinating when one considers that society is facing a wide range of complex phenomena, which are obviously approachable (and perhaps only approachable) in complex and diverse ways. And Design Research can actually play an important role in this context. This offers us a number of opportunities, but also a number of challenges to adequately deal with this complexity. In this article, we will highlight the position of design research as being deeply entangled in our everyday life, and is therefore always connected to the social sphere. With the cultural construction of normality in mind, we criticize the position that proposes designed conclusions oriented towards the majority as the guiding principle in common design approaches. In turn this article will discuss the value of including the “non-majority” in the design and design research-process.
Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction - TEI '12, 2012
ABSTRACT Marginalized communities like deaf-blind people are excluded from several forms of commu... more ABSTRACT Marginalized communities like deaf-blind people are excluded from several forms of communication. This paper introduces a novel system of interaction to support deafblind people's communication and therefore enhance their independence. We introduce the Mobile Lorm Glove: a mobile communication and translation device for the deafblind. The glove translates the hand-touch alphabet Lorm, a common form of communication used by people with both hearing and sight impairment, into text and vice versa. We will present a hardware prototype, created in a participatory design process, which enables the deaf-blind user to compose messages via fabric pressure sensors placed on the palm of the glove to be transmitted as an SMS to the receiver's handheld. Initiated by small vibrating motors located on the back of the glove, tactile feedback patterns allow the wearer to perceive incoming messages. We discuss related work, prototype design and interaction design and application scenarios. We conclude with an outlook into further research.
Die soziale Dimension des Designs scheint in den letzten Jahren mehr und mehr an Bedeutung zu gew... more Die soziale Dimension des Designs scheint in den letzten Jahren mehr und mehr an Bedeutung zu gewinnen. Vor dem Hintergrund der wachsenden Erkenntnis, dass die Grenzen eines ungebremsten Konsums deutlich werden, entwickeln sich Praktiken des kollaborativen Konsums („collaborative consumption“) in einer Ökonomie des Teilens und Teilhabens („sharing economy“): immer mehr Menschen teilen Güter miteinander, von Couchsurfing bis Carsharing. “Nutzen statt besitzen“, wie Michael Erlhoff es bereits 1995 formulierte, wird zu einem neuen Leitbild in einer von Konsumgütern übersättigten Welt. Dass gerade jetzt eine soziale Orientierung im Design an Aktualität gewinnt, scheint eine logische Konsequenz. Ein „sozial aktives Design“, wie Alastair Fuad-Luke es nennt, konzentriert sich auf die Gesellschaft und ihre Transformationen hin zu einer nachhaltigeren Lebens-, Arbeits- und Produktionsweise. Ezio Manzini, Professor für Industrial Design am Politecnico di Milano, beschreibt die Notwendigkeit e...
Tobin Siebers (University of Michigan) and Tom Bieling (Berlin University of the Arts / Design Re... more Tobin Siebers (University of Michigan) and Tom Bieling (Berlin University of the Arts / Design Research Lab) thoroughly explore the interconnections between disability, theory, aesthetics, artistic practice, as well as its political dimensions. The discussed elements help in setting the framework to a number of adjacent fields including gender-, diversity- and critical race studies, queer theory or cultural studies.
Tom Bieling é co-fundador da Design Research Network, é professor visitante em Ciências Aplicadas... more Tom Bieling é co-fundador da Design Research Network, é professor visitante em Ciências Aplicadas e Arte na Universidade Alemã do Cairo e realiza pesquisa na Berlin University of the Arts. Desde 2007 ele vem pesquisando no Design Research Lab. Antes disso, ele estudou Design em Cologne (Alemanha) e Curitiba (Brasil).
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In this article, we will highlight the position of design research as being deeply entangled in our everyday life, and is therefore always connected to the social sphere.
With the cultural construction of normality in mind, we criticize the position that proposes designed conclusions oriented towards the majority as the guiding principle in common design approaches. In turn this article will discuss the value of including the “non-majority” in the design and design research-process.