As part of this year’s MCBW theme, “Moving Horizons”, I teamed up with Prof. Katharina Sand (AMD Munich) and Katharina Binder (Imago Design) to come up with a public design research conversation on ‘Exploring Transdisciplinary Horizons in Design’.
This panel talk was free of charge and publicly accessible for everyone — as part of the Munich Creative Business Week (MCBW) 2022. We dialled in from three different locations — Singapore, New York City and Munich and our guests could do the same.
The format was quite experimental but pandemic-proven as we were by now, we gave it a go, with the result of having fascinating conversations with eager contributors from design academia, industry and many other knowledge areas that touch somewhat on design. Thanks again to everyone for joining and making this a well-rounded and worthwhile dialogue! We hope to stay in touch with all of you to continue the exchanges.
Excerpt from the event page:
This panel presents a discussion between design practitioners and design academics who work across the interstices of disciplines — living biomaterials, digital fashion, bio-digital interfacing, body interfacing and wearables – informed by the latest discourses on systems thinking, new materialism and post-humanism.
The speakers will present a thematic discussion between applied approaches across research and practice, spanning more-than-human-centred thought, ecological concern, and the emerging space of digital transformations.
How can designers help explore new transdisciplinary horizons at the onset of global-scale change and transformation?
How can speculation and critical thought help us overcome a human-centric focus?