The Critical Catalyst: A Critical Approach to Design Futures Literacy

Manuela Celi, Ammer Harb
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Design and Future Studies are intrinsically related fields. Both fields pursue the goal to introduce potential visions of the future to achieve a sustainable future for humanity. However, future challenges are becoming more evident with the increasing ubiquity of socio-technological advancements. Over the past three decades, several movements have emerged with the shared objective of being critical of design (Mazé, 2019); these movements are attempting to operate outside the external borders of market-driven enquiry (Malpass, 2017). These practices require a critical examination of the possibilities to achieve change that mitigate unfavourable consequences. This paper reflects on the way that the Research through Design approach can affect these practices through the activities and devices we have developed and refer to as the Critical Catalyst (CC). We applied this approach to MSc students in Integrated Product Design at the Design School at the Politecnico di Milano. The results of this experience are condensed into nine provo-types (provocative prototypes) presented at the end of the course. This paper examines the CC design future process and reflects upon the experience and tools by analysing the critical choices.
关键的催化剂:设计未来素养的关键方法
设计和未来研究是内在相关的领域。这两个领域的目标都是介绍未来的潜在愿景,以实现人类的可持续未来。然而,随着社会技术进步的日益普及,未来的挑战正变得越来越明显。在过去的三十年里,出现了几个运动,其共同目标是对设计进行批判(maz, 2019);这些运动正试图在市场驱动调查的外部边界之外运作(Malpass, 2017)。这些做法需要对实现减轻不利后果的变革的可能性进行严格审查。本文反映了通过设计进行研究的方法可以通过我们开发的活动和设备来影响这些实践,这些活动和设备被称为关键催化剂(CC)。我们将这种方法应用于米兰理工大学设计学院集成产品设计专业的硕士生。这一经验的结果被浓缩成九种挑衅类型(挑衅原型)在课程结束时呈现。本文通过对关键选择的分析,考察了CC设计的未来过程,并对经验和工具进行了反思。
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