Johan Redström
EKA is hosting CIRRUS/Nordplus network meeting online on March 17 – 18.
Many EKA’s prominent teachers will be leading workshops on topics of interest to all CIRRUS members. Besides, there will be workshop leaders from Iceland University of the Arts and Royal Danish Academy.
The opening words will be addressed by EKA’s rector prof Mart Kalm and the host of the event will be Kristjan Mändmaa, dean of the Faculty of Design along with the whole board of CIRRUS.
Keynote speech will be held on
March 17, 13:55–14.35 Central European time (an hour behind local).
Keynote “Uncertainty/Complexity”
Being invited to talk about complexity and uncertainty in design, this will be a somewhat speculative story about the two notions, and how they might be related as design evolves towards what often seems to be increasing amounts of both. In particular, I would like to discuss why it seems we, as educators and researchers in these forms of higher education, can take less and less for granted in design even as we learn more and more about designing.
Johan Redström is Professor in Design at Umeå Institute of Design. Working at the intersections, and interactions, between research through design and design philosophy, recent interests tend to involve emerging technologies, posthumanist perspectives and new design practice.
The event is supported by Nordplus Higher Education programme.