On Monday, 5.12., 20:30 in Unibz, F0.01 she talks about Design / Ecology / Politics: Towards the Ecocene Dr. Joanna Boehnert is a designer, researcher and activist with expertise on the visual communication of complex problems and the politics of ecological transitions. Her first book, titled Design/ Ecology/ Politics: Toward the Ecocene, will be published by Bloomsbury …
Dimeji Onafuwa, 16.11., 20:30, Unibz
Dimeji Onafuwa currently does his PHD on “Design-Enabled Communities” at the Carnegie Mellon School of Design (Transition Design) On Wednesday, 16.11., 20:30 he talks about Recommoning Re-imagined Futures In Unibz, Master Ateliers, F4 Read more
Fritz Lietsch im DoD TALK > 19.10. 20:30 unibz
Das Dream Team für eine lebenswerte Zukunft: Nachhaltigkeit & Wirtschaftlichkeit Mi 19.10. 20:30, unibz, F0.01 Unternehmen für Mensch und Umwelt, Verantwortung von Führungskräften, Corporate Social Responsability. Da werden viele Unternehmenslenker sofort entgegnen: Wir sind nicht für das undefinierbare Konstrukt „Mensch und Umwelt“ zuständig, sondern zuallererst Anteilseignern und deren Profit verpflichtet! Spätestens bei der Gesellschafter- oder …
Design Lead in studio course Object / Space / Service
Call for interest for leading teaching position in MA Eco-Social Design WS16/17 For the Winter Semester 2016/17 (October 2016 – January 2017), we are looking for an excellent designer to teach in the field Object / Space / Service at the Master program in Eco-Social Design at the Faculty of Design and Art of the Free …
Design Lead in studio course Communication / Interaction / Service
Call for interest for leading teaching position in MA Eco-Social Design WS16/17 For the Winter Semester 2016/17 (October 2016 – January 2017), we are looking for an excellent designer to teach in the field Communication / Interaction / Service at the Master program in Eco-Social Design at the Faculty of Design and Art of the Free …
Optimistic Grumpiness & other qualities of Transition Design
… and many other beautiful thoughts about a design for transitions towards viable and desirable futures. Watch the video of their talk on the web site of AIGA*. Terry Irwin, Gideon Kossoff and Cameron Tonkinwise present “Transition Design”, a kind of framework they use to understand how design and design education can work towards real …
By Design or by Disaster 2016, 2-7 May @ unibz
Please visit the conference site for more up-to-date information: designdisaster2016.unibz.it I am happy to announce another issue of our conference series tackling Eco-Social Design. The focus of this years conference is ESSEN / ALIMENTARE / FOOD = also the annual topic of the Master in Eco-Social Design. We will have talks and workshops with Ezio …
Mostra / Ausstellung: BITTER ORANGES 11.–28.1. unibz
BITTER ORANGES Ausstellung. Afrikanische Bootsflüchtlinge als Erntearbeiter in Kalabrien. Die Fotoausstellung bietet Einblicke in deren Lebens- und Arbeitsbedingungen. Sie ist das Ergebnis eines dreijährigen ethnographischen Projektes. Mostra. Profughi africani negli aranceti calabresi. L’esposizione fotografica, risultato di un progetto etnografico triennale, offre uno sguardo sulle condizioni di vita e di lavoro dei profughi. 11. – 28.1.2016 …
HIRING: PRODUCT DESIGNER as Teacher & Researcher (closed)
We are looking for a designer, who wants to engage in eco-social issues by the means of product design, as a teacher and researcher at the Faculty of Design and Art, Free University of Bolzano-Bozen. Deadline: December 7. Find the official call here in English, there in Italian and on that page in German language. …
Teach Cultural Anthropology (closed)
We are looking for a an dedicated personality, who wants to engage in teaching Cultural Anthropology to the students of the Master in Eco-Social Design in the summer semester 2015/16 (Feb 29 – June 22) at the Faculty of Design & Arts, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano. The teaching in the Master is centered around projects, to …
Teach Web & Media Design (closed)
We are looking for an excellent designer, who wants to engage in teaching WEB & MEDIA DESIGN to the students of the Master in Eco-Social Design in the summer semester 2015/16 (Feb 29 – June 22) at the Faculty of Design & Arts, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano. Deadline: November 30, 12:00 (UTC+01:00) Find the official call …
Presentation of MA Eco-Social Design & more
Wednesday, 14.10.2015 | unibz 4th floor in building F 14:00-17:00 Introduction to the Master in Eco-Social Design & presentations by all teachers of the winter semester 2015, and their relation to the annual topic /ESSEN/ALIMENTARE/FOOD/ with Prof. em. Adelheid Biesecker, Eco-Social Economics | Lisa Borgenheimer, Information Desig | Kris Krois, Visual Communication | Giorgio Laboratore, …
Sociology for Eco-Social Design & more
The Faculty for Design and Art of unibz invited 6 candidates for the Professorship in Sociology of culture and communication with a focus on design and communication for eco-social transformation 5 of them are doing public lectures within the next two weeks (as part of the hearings). You are welcome to come, listen and see: …
Teach Product Design in MA Eco-Social Design (closed)
We are looking for a designer, who likes to engage in eco-social issues by the means of product design with particular attention on the fields of materials and production. Deadline: August 26, 12:00 (UTC+01:00) Find the official call here in german and there in italian (on the page search for “Design und Materialien” respectively “Design …
Watch & read Eco-Social Design according to Ezio Manzini
The talk of Ezio Manzini on Design for Social Innovation organized by the MICA’s Center for Social Design impressed me. Manzini is making an effort in connecting the dots. For me he succeeded in narrating a complex field in an concise and compact way, without oversimplification. Now i am reading his book Design, When Everybody …
MA Eco-Social Design starts on October. Apply until 8 July
apply now or never — at least not this year. And help to spread the message to interested people and parties. Read more about the Master in Eco-Social Design on its web page, the latest newsletter, get updates and spread via FB + twitter. Sustainable Greetings Kris >< Krois
3 Bücher zu Eco-Social Design
Bücher zum Thema gibt es viele, doch müsste ich mich heute auf 3 beschränken, würde ich folgende wählen – auch weil sie sich wunderbar ergänzen: “Transformationsdesign. Wege in eine zukunftsfähige Moderne” von Harald Welzer und Bernd Sommer ist dabei, weil die Authoren präzise und eloquent Leitlinien für zukunftsfähige Gestaltung skizzieren. Dabei stellen sie zunächst die …
Interview zum Master in Eco-Social Design
Nina Kirst: Warum ist so ein Studiengang notwendig? Kris Krois: Die Konsumorientierung bringt unsere Gesellschaft an ihre ökologischen und sozialen Grenzen. Es braucht neue Muster des Wirtschaftens und Lebens – und wir glauben, dass Designer hier eine wichtige Rolle spielen. Dabei geht es nicht in erster Linie um ökoeffizientere Produkte, sondern um Lebensstile, Werte und …
what the hell is nanotourism?
nanotourism is a platform to research and produce participatory, locally-oriented, non-intrusive strategies as an alternative to the current environmental, social and economic problems of the booming tourism industries. To get more concrete answers, join the DoD TALK, tuesday, 9th of June at unibz (F0.03) with architect and illustrator Silvia Susanna, who co-developing the BIO50}hotel during …
10.6. @ unibz: Serge Latouche: Growth is the Problem, not the Solution
Serge Latouche is a fore-thinker of degrowth. The French economist / social scientist / philosopher / activist speaks in at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano on the campus Brixen-Bressanone, next wednesday, 10th of July, 18:00-20:00, Aula Magna If you don’t know Latouche and get a taste: What is degrowth? “By „degrowth“ we understand a downscaling …
TODAY, 19:00: Snark – space making
“snark – space making si occupa di design relazionale, di processi decisionali e di co- progettazione, percorsi partecipati e di comprensione di fenomeni complessi.” What the hell does this mean? Come and find out: By Design or by Disaster TALK: 26.5.2015 19:00 | unibz | F0.03
Call for Professorship in Design Research | Deadline: 16.11.
We are looking for a expert in Design Research, who wants to engage in transdisciplinary collaborations in the context of eco-social transformations. Teaching will happen in our project-oriented study programs, among others in the Master in Eco-Social Design (Glocal Design). Requirements: professorship (or equivalent position) outside Italy. For more information please download the official call here …
Professorship in Sociology (closed)
Preliminary Request for Expressions of Interest*: In 2016 we will set up a new professorship in Sociology*. We are looking for a sociologist, who wants to engage in transdisciplinary collaborations with designers in the context of eco-social transformation. Teaching will happen in our project-oriented study programs, among others in the Master in Eco-Social Design (Glocal …
Hiring: Information Designer & Visual Story Teller (closed)
We are looking for a designer, who likes to engage in eco-social and political issues by the means of information design and visual story telling. Deadline: June 8th. Find the official call here. In case you have trouble understanding the bureaucratic language and the procedure, please do not hesitate to ask for help. At the …