Programme

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The planned duration of the conference is two days. It will be composed of six sessions. The first, theoretical one, will be focused on describing the status quo of the contemporary society from the point of view of the humanities and social sciences, as well as design theory. The subsequent sessions will be devoted to the presentation of the practical design solutions in connection to the following subjects: activity at work, activity in leisure, activity on-line, activity in post-digital society, nomadism, and activity of senior citizens at the age of 80+. The presentations will be accompanied by theoretical reflections to the different problems, as well as summaries of conclusions. The Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts will also publish all the conference materials after the event.

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1ST DAY | THURSDAY, 24th September

9.30 – 10.15 – registration of the conference participants
10.15 – 10.25 – official opening of the conference
10.25 – 10.35 – welcome speech – prof. Ksawery Piwocki / Dean of Faculty of Design, Academy od Fine Arts in Warsaw
10.35 – 10.45 – welcome speech – Dr. Józef A. Mrozek / Head of Theory and History Dept. Faculty of Design, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw

Theoretical Session (10.45 – 12.15)
10.45 – 11.15 – Prof. Lars Dencik / Roskilde University, Denmark – „The Functions of Design in an Increasingly Non-designable World”
11.15 – 11.45 – Prof. Mirosława Marody / Warsaw University – „Redesigning Society”
11.45 – 12.15 – Prof. Gianni Vattimo / Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy – „Redesigning Humanity” >>> change: prof. Andrzej Leder / Institute of Philosophy and Sociology Polish Academy of Sciences – „Unconscious design of the city space”

12.15 – 12.30 – coffee break

Activity and Nomadism (12.30-13.45)
12.30 – 12.50 – Prof. Krystyna Iglicka-Okólska / Lazarski University, Poland – „Activity and Nomadism”
12.50 – 13.10 – Dr. Anita Basińska, Agnieszka Jacobson-Cielecka / School of Form (SWPS) – „Between Necessity and Choice – The Contemporary Face of Nomadism”
13.10 – 13.25 – Joanna Jurga / Mortis Design – „Nomadic Funeral”
13.25 – 13.45 – discussion

13.45 – 14.45 – lunch

 after the break

Activity at Work (14.45 – 16.00)
14.45 – 15.05 – Prof. Alison J. Clarke / University of Applied Art and Design in Vienna, Austria – „Design Histories & Alternative Models of Work”
15.05 – 15.20 – Wiktoria Lenart / Faculty of Design, Acadmy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw – „Around the Office – changing forms of furniture depending on the contemporary needs of the active person”
15.20 – 15.35 – Magdalena Zadara / Polidea – „Active Professionals: a New Generation Products for a New Generation of People”
15.35 – 16.00 – discussion

16.00 – 16.15 – coffee break

16.15 – 16.30 – Dr. Ece Canli / University of Porto, Portugal – „FAIRLY AND QUEERLY: De-construction as a Method in Design”

16.30 – 17.00 – Prof. Guy Julier / University of Brighton, Victoria & Albert Museum, UK – „Design Culture and Design Economies” (closing speech)

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2ND DAY | FRIDAY, 25th September

10.00 – 10.05 – opening of the second day of the conference

Activity in Leisure Time (10.05 – 11.45)
10.05 – 10.35 – Prof. Susan Yelavich / The Parsons New School of Design, USA – „Product(ive) Leisure”
10.35 – 10.50 – Dorota Kabała / We Design for Physical Culture – „Designing sport equipment for new disciplines – designer’s observations”
10.50 – 11.10 – Prof. Maria Benktzon / Veryday, Sweden – „Leaisure Activity of the Elderly People”
11.10 – 11.25 – Dr. Robert Pludra / Faculty of Design, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw – „On social design. Designing for us”
11.25 – 11.45 – discussion

11.45 – 12.00 – coffee break

Activity and Digital Tools (12.00 – 13.30)
12.00 – 12.20 – Dr. Alek Tarkowski / Creative Commons Polska – „Can Online Engagement Be Designed?”
12.20 – 12.35 – Bartosz Stodulski  / Laboratorium EE – „Resources / Cultural Objects in the Digital Space”
12.35 – 12.50 – Małgorzata Dzierżewicz / Polidea – „Active Knowledge Exchange”
12.50 – 13.20 – Dr. Paweł Pokutycki / Royal Academy of Art, Haga, Netherlands – „Post-digital Interactions”
13.20 – 13.45 – discussion

13.45 – 14.45 – lunch

after the break
14.45 – 15.05 – Zoe Ryan / The Art Institute of Chicago, USA – „Are you Looking? The Space of Exhibitions”

Other meanings of activity (15.05 – 16.00)

15.05 – 15.25 – Dr. Ewa Sidorenko / University of Greenwich, UK – „HUG Project – cultural intervention in public space: articulating social exclusion”
15.25 – 15.40 – Karina Marusińska /Faculty of Ceramics and Glass, Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw – „HUG project”
15.40 – 16.00 – Dr. Michael Leube, Dr. Dominik Walcher / University of Applied Sciences, Salzburg, Austria – „Vice Versa: The Underprivileged and Design”

16.00 – 16.15 – coffee break

16.15 – 16.30 – Dr. Iwo Zmyślony / Warsaw University, School of Form (SWPS) – „Verbal overshadowing and tacit knowledge as key aspects of design thinking”

16.30 – 16.50 – Dr. Daniel Zieliński / Faculty of Design, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw – „Being Inactive”

16.50 – 17.00 – summing up / official closing of the conference