The Power of Design

Ramia Maze

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Abstract

Perhaps ‘change’ is the defining and most radical potential of design! Unlike other disciplines, such as history and the natural or social sciences, design moves beyond accounting for what is, today, and what came before. Design, instead, imagines and constructs what might be in the future. Certainly, design in disciplinary and cultural terms must relate to past convention, current conditions and enduring social norms. However, designers must always project beyond the scope of a discrete design act or artifacts in the present, making decisions and giving forms that determine possible futures.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationFennia Prize 2017 (catalog)
Place of PublicationHelsinki, FI
PublisherDesign Forum Finland
Number of pages2
Publication statusPublished - 2017
MoE publication typeD2 Article in a professional research book (incl. an introduction by the editor)

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