[Design Activism] Is Design Thinking, Imagination And Practice Applied Knowingly: Critical Culture – Designer As Agent Of Change Essay, NCAD

Essay Brief

2,500 – 3,000-word essay with images which addresses one of the following

1. “[Design activism] is design thinking, imagination and practice applied knowingly or unknowingly to create a counter-narrative aimed at generating and balancing positive social, institutional, environmental, and/or economic change.” (Faud-Luke, 2009, p.27)

Explore two design projects in the context of this quote.

2. “Critical design aims to challenge how people think about everyday life … it strives to keep alive other possibilities by providing a counterpoint to the world around us and encouraging us to see that everyday life could be different” (Dunne & Raby, 2013, p.45)

Explore critical design through the work of two designers