Design needs to do more than serve humans. It needs to heal, and regenerate. That is why Lotte Nystrup Lund, founder of futurista.dk initiated the creation of a new design manifesto, in cooperation with the Danish association of design professionals, Designdenmark. … read more
APPLY NOW: RESEARCH STUDIO June 02-06 2025TU Dresden, GermanyChair of Digital Cultures Sensing Pasts, Casting Futures Located in eastern Germany, the regions of Ore Mountains and Lusatia were heavily exploited for uranium mining and lignite (brown coal) extraction, respectively. Decades of … read more
Yuxi: Hi, Marie Louise. To set the stage, I’d love to ask who are you, where are you currently in the expansive field of design + posthumanism, and where are you headed in your work and exploration? Marie Louise: Hi Yuxi! Thank … read more
“Pollution, contamination, forever chemicals… What have we done?! OMG! I need a glass… Welcome to the Haunted Waters Bar—a growing collection of contaminated waters. Here, you’ll find a menu featuring a variety of water samples from around the world, submitted … read more
PETRA LILJA: PUBLIC DEFENSE OF DOCTORAL DISSERTATION This dissertation, Mineral Matterings: Diffractive Practices of Design makes design perceptible as a source of concern, part of the extractivist logic. Through two projects, “Walking with Minerals” and “Critical Clay,” Lilja have invited … read more
Interspecies interactions are intensely explored in Multispecies Studies, with special attention to the challenges posed by contemporary poly-crises. Scholars like Ávila (2022) emphasize the need for conscious approaches in design research to acknowledge multispecies interdependence and promote practices of care … read more
Thursday, October 10, 20245-8pm (CEST) The theme of the first public event of the Design + Posthumanism Network is water, since water captures both the concreteness and philosophical underpinnings of posthuman design. Concretely, all life on earth needs water for its … read more
The Confluence of European Water Bodies is coming together this October at Ocean Space in Venice, bringing together more than 25 grassroots communities of artists, activists, lawyers and ecologists, representing seas, lakes, rivers, lagoons and glaciers from all over Europe. … read more
Coincident with the development of human civilization was the emergence of a new type of critter: one not domesticated, not beloved, but similar to us in so many aspects that they abound in our environments—the urban rat. This urban critter … read more
We are excited to announce that the Design and Posthumanism Network is organizing our first public online event on October 10th, and we are now seeking speakers/presenters to share insights on how design and posthumanism intersect in practice. This event … read more