Social Matter, Social Design: For Good or Bad, All Design Is Social

Social matter, social design : for good or bad, all design is social

ISBN 10: 949209584X / ISBN 13: 9789492095848

Published by Valiz, Amsterdam, 2020

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Folded stiff wrappers (softcover), 239o : illustrations ; 22 cm. Good/very good, light shelf-wear, age-toning to page-edges.

Seller Inventory # JHJ_2026_08_30_3

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Social Matter, Social Design: For Good or Bad, All Design Is Social
• Publisher: Valiz, Amsterdam
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 949209584X
• ISBN 13: 9789492095848
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dimensions: 13.97W x 21.84H x 2.29D centimeters 13.97 centimeters width by 21.84 centimeters height by 2.29 centimeters depth
• Weight: 408 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Applied Arts
  • Art Theory

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Synopsis

A fresh take on the interdependence of the social and the material in contemporary design thinking

Challenging the way we look at, think of and interact with the social world, Social Matter, Social Design emphasizes the role of materiality. This enlarged field for engagement demands that design incorporates a more nuanced and complex reading of how the social is intertwined with the material, which confronts the often reductive or simplistic notion of ‘social design’, and offers novel forms of critical and meaningful engagement at a time of mounting social contradictions.

The essays are centered around four major themes: the body; earth; the political; and technology.

Authors include: Jonas Althaus, Stéphane Barbier Bouvet, Mariangela Beccoi, Ellie Birkhead, Gali Blay, Nadine Botha, Pablo Calderón Salazar, Marianne Drews, Brecht Duijf, Anastasia Eggers, Gabriel Fontana, Saba Golchehr, Alorah Harman, Dick van Hoff, Eric Klarenbeek, Kuang-Yi Ku, Gabriel A Maher, Henrique Nascimento, Elisa Otañez, Ottonie von Roeder, Søren Rosenbak, Angela Rui, Vera Sacchetti, Noud Sleumer, Vivien Tauchmann and Henriette Waal.