TOPICS OF INTEREST:

We invite participants to submit research papers, presentations, seminars, workshops and colloquia in the generalized area of “current topics in design” that seek to go beyond the over-asked question of “what is design?” and the relationship between design, disorder and disaster. The conference is structured around a number of topics that include but are not limited to:

• Discourse
• Disorder
• Disaster

The role/position of design will be particularly scrutinized from the point of view of:

“Discourse”

• Design Research
• Design and everyday life
• Images and representation
• New materials and methods
• Design Management
• Emergency Design

“Disorder”

• What can design do for physical and mental disorders: Dysfunctional bodies, schizophrenia, hysteria etc.
• How can design contribute to the end of social disorders:  War, vandalism, crime, epidemics etc.
• How can design counteract virtual disorders:  Viruses, hacking, fake identities etc.
• How can design prevent societal collapse?

“Disaster”

• Nature as a disastrous phenomenon
• Nature and its modifications
• Design against disaster
• Natural disasters:  Earthquakes, landslides, hurricanes, tsunamis etc.
• Design Disaster