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  1. The Self-Managed Studio

    The Self-Managed Studio

    Abstract: Imagine a design studio where aspiring designers break free from traditional hierarchies and redefine what it means to be a designer. In the self-managed studio developed at UTFPR, design students learned that design can serve not just industries but social movements and the public. Inspired by critical pedagogy and radical practices like Theater of the Oppressed, […] - Jan 18, 2025
  2. Designing For / Designing Against

    Designing For / Designing Against

    Part of the Collective Praxis as Designing Radicality seminar hosted by the Counter-Framing Design project.  Abstract: Most design theories and design methods are crafted to support the current hegemonies in society. While trying to sustain these hegemonies, designers eventually realize they are unsustainable, unfair, or dehumanizing. Among them, designers who develop a bit of critical consciousness […] - Dec 10, 2021
  3. Insurgent design coalitions: the history of the Design & Oppression network

    Insurgent design coalitions: the history of the Design & Oppression network

    Van Amstel, F., Sâmia, B., Serpa, B.O., Marco, M., Carvalho, R.A.,and Gonzatto, R.F.(2021) Insurgent Design Coalitions: The history of the Design & Oppression network, in Leitão, R.M., Men, I., Noel, L-A., Lima, J., Meninato, T. (eds.), Pivot 2021: Dismantling/Reassembling, 22-23 July, Toronto, Canada. https://doi.org/10.21606/pluriversal.2021.0018 - Jul 28, 2021