Papanek Symposium 2013
Alternative and Emerging Economies of Design
The Papanek Symposium 2013 brings together international experts from China, Europe, India, Singapore, and the US, to examine the social and political imperative of design in emerging economies.
Design in the 21st century, harnessed by rising powers striving for economic competitiveness and cultural profile on the world stage, has taken on a newly urgent political significance. The unprecedented quantity of production and cultural engagement with design, from China to India, is shaping our collective futures. Can alternative design genres develop on the periphery of established neo-liberal models of economics and consumer culture? What is their potential to generate social innovation and challenge pre-existing, unsustainable economies of production?
Alternative and Emerging Economies of Design: The Social Imperative of Global Design joins together voices from leading international design institutes, research thinktanks, social science projects and applied design initiatives to question the social futures of design. From the frugal digital initiative led by TED-speaker Vinay Venkatraman (frugaldigital.org), to the ethnographic corporate research of PARC Xerox (parc.com) and the smaller scale initiatives of hybrid design innovators (quicksand.co.in), this second Papanek Symposium offers a unique perspective on the design politics of emerging economies.
AULA der Wissenschaften, 1010 Vienna, Austria, November 14-15, 2013
Curated by Alison Clarke with Heng Zhi
Kindly supported by the Austrian Ministry of European and International Affairs
Papanek Lecture 2013
November 14, 2013
18.00 Frugal Digital Design? Technology for the Underserved
Vinay Venkatraman
Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design
Papanek Symposium 2013
November 14-15, 2013
Alternative and Emerging Economies of Design: The Social Imperative of Global Design
Speakers
Sulfikar Amir
Professor, Department of Sociology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Jonathan Barnbrook
Barnbrook, Creative & Graphic Design Studio, London
Babitha George
Director of Quicksand, Social Innovation, Bangalore
Lorraine Justice
Dean of the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), NY
Lucy Norris
Honorary Fellow, Ethical Fashion, Department of Anthropology, University College London, UK & Berlin
Xu Ping
Director of the Research Centre of Design Culture and Policy, China Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing
Makiko Taniguchi
Leading Anthropologist, Emerging Markets/Innovation, PARC Silicon Valley, California
