Category Archives: citizenship

Salon 30: How do Finnish DIY movements thrive?

Posted on 01/12/2019 by guyjulier

Wednesday 11 December, 1300-1430h Public Panel Discussion Event Free A Grid / Otakaari 5, A208d Jeti Aalto University 02150 Espoo Campus map Do-It-Yourself (DIY) isn’t just about fixing up your mökki. It covers all kinds of activities such as music … Continue reading →

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Salon 26: What is Finnish Design Culture?

Posted on 01/10/2018 by guyjulier

Wednesday 24 October, 1400h Design Factory Aalto University Betonimiehenkuja 5C 02150 Espoo Google map Panel: Päivi Hietanen, City Design Manager of the Helsinki Lab. Petteri Kolinen, CEO Design Forum Finland Kari Korkman, CEO, Helsinki Design Week Suvi Saloniemi, Chief Curator, Design Museum Helsinki … Continue reading →

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Reflections on The Performance of Protest: a panel on visual culture and aesthetics

Posted on 04/07/2017 by guyjulier

Friday 9 June, 2017. Muzzy-headed after election night, panelists and participants for the final Salon of this season filed into the dark of the ICA’s cinema space for an afternoon of laughter and concern. As a panel on the Performance … Continue reading →

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Reflections on Alternative Exchange: how does design create alternative economies in contemporary culture?

Posted on 15/02/2017 by guyjulier

Within the cool interior of the Angewandte Innovation Laboratory in Vienna (26 January 2017), this Salon unfolded in multilayered ways. This reflects the multiple sites, publics and processes through which alternative exchange systems take place, making them often allusive but … Continue reading →

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Some Reflections on Design Culture Salon 18: Is Designing for Behaviour Change ‘Creepy’?

Posted on 07/12/2015 by guyjulier

Falling in the midpoint between the return from the summer holidays and the Christmas period, this Salon was a popular one. In fact, it ended as standing-room only, even after going in search of more chairs. It was rammed. Clearly, … Continue reading →

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Reflections on Design Culture Salon 16: What does design do for citizenship in the age of the consumer?

Posted on 13/04/2015 by guyjulier

If ever there was an outcome of Design Culture Salon’s discussion that reflected our political times, then this evening’s was one of them. When it comes to thinking about how design could function in new ways to produce new politics … Continue reading →

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Design Culture Salon 15: How does design address immobilities in our society?

Posted on 02/03/2015 by guyjulier

Design Culture Salon 15: How does design address immobilities in our society? Friday 13 March 6:30-8:30pm Clore 55, British Galleries While Design Culture Salon 10 looked at the concept of movement in urban culture, this salon focuses on spaces of … Continue reading →

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Reflections on Design Culture Salon 10: How is the Urban Mobile Cyclist Designed?

Posted on 16/10/2014 by leah341

Debates about transportation, how we choose to move around in the city, have become increasingly tense and fraught of late. The question of how you get to work, particularly if it is by bike, is a loaded one, which can reveal a … Continue reading →

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