The 3rd Study of Design Fundamentals Seminar: Design as Critique

Rather than criticizing design, reality should be criticized through design. How can that type of design be made possible? As long as design is a response to reality, it encompasses a sense of interpretation and assigns value to the status quo. For that reason, design is a tool to critique reality, through “things” rather than words. We heard from Shintaro Miyazaki of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland as he guided us through cutting edge ideas in design across the German-speaking world.
* The lecture was in English. A Japanese interpreter was present.

Shintaro Miyazaki
Born in Berlin in 1980, Shintaro Miyazaki is a researcher in University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland. He is also the curator of the Institute of Experimental Design and Media Culture’s Critical Media Lab (IXDM). Investigating into fields such as cybernetics, ecosystem thinking, counter culture, and Marxism, he is involved with projects that deepen the understanding of how these “problem systems” relate to design, media, and art. He received his doctorate degree in Media Studies from the Humboldt University of Berlin in 2012.

IXDM (Institute of Experimental Design and Media Cultures) 
Shintaro Miyazaki’s website

Participation
This event is open to anyone who is interested, including external guests.
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Organizer: Kyushu University Faculty of Design

The Kyushu University Faculty of Design is engaged in the study of fundamental theories of design for the creation of design systems.