On the Verge: Design in Times of Crisis

Based on the conference title “On the Verge: Design in Times of Crisis”, the 2nd Bi-annual Conference of the Social Design Network brings together scholars from various disciplines to explore how design responds to and shapes our understanding of crises by encompassing a range of activities and interventions.

Under the title “he conference topics deal, for instance, with the roles that designers take on in responding to crises; the capacities and literacies that designers bring to the table in crisis situations; how current forms of thinking about design may be shifting in the context of transformation; different ontologies and their implication for designs’ ability to grasp and respond to the interconnected nature of permacrisis; the relationships between design and other disciplines in responding to crises; the potential for design to shape our understanding and response to crises; and adaption of design education as a response to “the long emergency”.

Program
The first Conference day will be entirely dedicated to workshops exploring relevant actors, NGOs, and initiatives across Budapest. The second day will give place to keynote sessions, presentations, discussions, a PhD research and student section, all organized around four thematic tracks:

_ Understanding Design and Crisis
_ Crisis, Literacies, and Practices
_ Crisis and Communities
_ Crisis and Education

Speakers

Indy Johar
Director, Designer, and Architect, Co-founder of 00 & Dark Matter Labs

Josina Vink
Associate Professor of Service Design at AHO, The Oslo School of Architecture and Design and Design Lead for the Center for Connected Care (C3)

Agnes Jekli
Phd Candidate, Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design

Carla Jakobowsky
Co-Designer and Researcher, Cologne University of Applied Sciences

Cecilia de Marinis
Master in Design Research Coordinator, Associate Professor, BAU School of Arts and Design of Barcelona

Denise de Spirito
PhD candidate, Università degli Studi di Firenze DIDA Department of Architecture DIDA

Dr. Gayatri Menon
Principal Faculty, National Institute of Design

Dr. Jaron Rowan
Head of Research BAU, College of Arts and Design Barcelona

Dr. Pinar Kaygan
Head Researcher, Art Academy Latvia

Gamze Ekin
Marketing Strategy Manager, I-AM
Adjunct Lecturer, Özyeğin University

Helena Elizondo Nieva
Designer, Elisava School of Design and Engineering

Johanna Mehl
Phd Candidate, Technische Universität Dresden

Marius Land
Research Associate, Braunschweig University of Art

Matteo Maria Moretti
Associate Professor, University of Sassari, Founding Partner, Sheldon.studio

Nathaly Pinto Torres
Doctoral researcher at Aalto University, Finland
Adjunct professor at the Pontificia Universidad Católica, Ecuador

Stefanie Ollenburg M.A.
Research Associate, Braunschweig University of Art

Svenja Bickert-Appleby
Transformation Designer and researcher

Teresa Palmieri
Doctor in Architecture, Postdoctoral fellow & Lecturer Free University of Bozen/Bolzano

Thomas Watkin (DPLG, MDeS, PhD)
Associate Professor, University of Nîmes

Tona Monjo Palau
Lecturer, ELISAVA Barcelona

The conference is a live event. The first day of the Conference will give place to 3 off-site workshops which will be held in collaboration with 3 local NGOs. All presentations will happen on location, while some parts (Day 2) can be folowed on youtube:

Keynote lectures, Understanding Design and Crisis track, and Crisis, Literacies, and Practices track from 9.30 am: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt6FNik70Ig

Crisis and Communities track, and Crisis and Education track from 10.30 am: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W49Bj4PFTqQ

More info on the Social Design Network:
https://socialdesignnetwork.org/