Social Matter, Social Design
Social matter, social design challenges the way we look at, think about and interact with the social world by emphasising the role of materiality. This expanded field of engagement requires design to incorporate a more nuanced and complex reading of how the social is intertwined with the material, confronting the often reductive or simplistic notion of 'social design' and offering new forms of critical and meaningful engagement at a time of increasing social contradictions. The essays in this book explore and reveal uncanny, disconcerting or discordant connections, bricolages, assumptions or ruptures at critical junctures for transformation. They are organised around four main themes: the body, the earth, the political and technology.
Editors: Jan Boelen & Michael Kaethler, Drawings: Billy Ernst, Font: Ortica by collletttivo; Paper: Arcoprint Milk 15 150gr, Munken Pure 120gr, Munken Print Cream 15 90gr, Olin Regular Absolute White 60gr