Workshop: Open Standards & Services
Academic Design Network Austria

MON 9.9. | 13:45 – 14:45 The afternoon workshop will give an overview to Open Standards and Services and how designers can benefit and contribute when making their toolchain choice.

Designing the Futures We (Do Not) Want: Speculative Design Lab
Academic Design Network Austria

SAT 7.9. | 13:45 – 16:45 The burning questions identified in the morning session will form the starting point for developing utopian and dystopian scenarios to address challenges and opportunities of the future.

Designing the Commons
Academic Design Network Austria

MON 9.9. | 10:00 – 13:00 Day 4 offers an additional workshop on the responsibility of design to support collaboration cultures. We will be sharing best practices and will have a closer look at two application fields.The morning session will be focusing on Creative Commons and its impact on the sharing culture. We try to extend its concept for brands with a Label Commons Public License and investigate the #fairmove use case.

The Messy Shape of Problems – Workshop: Approaching Complexity
Academic Design Network Austria

SUN 8.9. | 13:45 – 16:45 Design can be understood as the production of material discourse. Applying the method of mapping, we will trance the interconnectedness of objects thereby trying to untangle complexity.

Fluid Format Creation – Implications for design research and teaching
Academic Design Network Austria

SUN 8.9. | 10:00 – 13:00 The third day will focus on the implications of previous discussions for research and teaching in the field of design. How do we convey the skills and knowledge necessary to deal with the rising complexity of contemporary challenges.

Fishbowl Discussion: The Future of Design – Transitions in the field
Academic Design Network Austria

SAT 7.9. | 10:00 – 13:00 How do technological advances (e.g. machine learning) transform working modes, task areas and perspectives in the field of design? In the course of discussion we will try to identify a number of burning questions for the future of design.Together we will desicuss the major challenges contemporary societies have to face, which necessitate design as an interdisciplinary field.

Exploring Processes and Solutions: Asking relevant questions – Finding appropriate methods
Academic Design Network Austria

FRI 6.9. | 13:45 – 16:45 This workshop discusses past and recent design projects (also the ones collected in the morning session) to identify relevant questions, problem-adequate methods, fruitful processes and outstanding solutions.