Description:
Design in the post growth society
"Transformation design" is looking for new ways to
change our behavior and society through new forms of innovation. The
existing user-oriented approach of design must therefore be extended to
one that is society-oriented.
The concept of transformation is based on the anthropologist Karl Paul Polanyi and his book The Great Transformation (1944),
which described the emergence of the now almost undisputed and globally
widespread western market logic: the transformation of societies with
markets into market societies, which he calls "dislodgment of the
markets".
Meanwhile, leading think tanks are referring to
Polanyi. They are calling for a new social contract and the
"re-embedding" of the market into society. What are the possible
instruments and contributions of design for this new "Great
Transformation"?
The variety of the above questions, answers,
theories, methods, ideas, and projects suggests that "transformation
design" is not in fact a discipline in itself, but that it will lead to a
fruitful discourse. The book attempts to form an initial position in
terms of this ambitious and ethical design perspective. It also seeks to
inspire the international debate to push for a project of responsible
design.
- Current topical debate on design and society