Designing politics – the politics of design. Call for project at IFG in Ulm, deadline: May 31, 2006
Conducting a discourse on the social responsibility of the designer and defining the democratic quality of design, the International Design Forum (IFG) Ulm, Germany announces its public call for project proposals addressing the topic of the relationship design-politics. Ulm is the place in the world that has set itself the task of conducting a discourse on the social responsibility of the designer and defining the democratic quality of design. IFG Ulm continues to represent the conviction that the work of designers and architects cannot be reduced to aesthetic, technical and commercial factors. Design always rests on a social and political foundation, and acts upon that foundation in return. With the promotion programme “Designing politics – The politics of design” in 2006, IFG Ulm is taking up this discourse which started over 50 years ago, and is investigating its current relevance. Today, Ulm is once again searching for what is different. Ulm is looking for examples of projects which make the change from an economy of reification to an ecology of transformation. Projects which are dedicated to processes of becoming. Projects which direct their gaze behind the surface of the design process and which reveal that design diffuses transformational action into the space occupied by commercial and political decision-making. IFG Ulm's promotion programme is intended to encourage projects to develop consequences which leave a lasting mark on our social and physical environment.The promotion programme creates free space for an autonomous, critical examination of current social processes. Applications for the 50.000 € grant must arrive by 31 May 2005.
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Designing politics – the politics of design. Bando di concorso all’IFG in Ulm; scadenza: 31 maggio 2006>>>