Design researcher & educator

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   Collective embodiment in service interfaces

   Van Amstel, Frederick M. C. , and Fernando Secomandi. (2025) Collective Embodiment in Service Interfaces. In Penin, L. de S., Prendiville, A. and Sangiorgi, D. (Eds), Bloomsbury Handbook of Service Design: Plural perspectives and a critical contemporary agenda, 305–316. London New York: Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2025. - Jan 22, 2026
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   Transdisciplinarity is transgression or it is not

   Throughout the 20th century, there were many attempts to make design into a single and unified discipline, similar to (or even engulfing) architecture. These efforts failed as new design disciplines kept popping up and creating distinctive professions. The possibility of disciplinary unification under elusive labels like design studies became less and less realistic as designers […] - Dec 20, 2024
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   The Materials of Service Design: Human bodies

   Secomandi, F., & van Amstel, F. (2023). Human bodies. In: Blonkvist, J; Clatworthy, S; Holmlid, S. The Materials of Service Design (pp. 167-172). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802203301.00032 - Feb 5, 2024
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   Monster aesthetics as an expression of decolonizing the design body

   Angelon, Rafaela and Van Amstel, Frederick M.C. (2021) Monster aesthetics as an expression of decolonizing the design body. Art, Design & Communication in Higher Education, 20(1), pp. 83-102(20). https://doi.org/10.1386/adch_00031_1 - Jun 9, 2021
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   Theater of the Techno-Oppressed

   Despite all the hype and hope surrounding them, the technologies developed by universities and research institutions were not necessarily always good for society. Many of those have been instrumentalized to globalize fascism, xenophobia, sexism, and racism. Theater of the Techno-Oppressed is an outreach activity that brings universities closer to their surrounding communities to publicly question, prevent, […] - Apr 6, 2020

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