Second workshop in the course Intervention Design at Maastricht Academy of Media Design & Technology.

1. intervention design: from theory to design praxis

2. a bit more theory: modernism and postmoderism
what about design: design as way of changing the world
assignment: is design bad? watching monteiro
workshop 2 - a brief outline
assignment: reading mcluhan
making teams and first global brainstorm session

4. 4buchla synthesizer by morton subotnick

5. <<understanding media>> (1964)

6. <<one-dimensional man>> (1964)

7. 7how to understand both points of view today? (post)modernity

8. “we live in a world where
there is more and more
information, and less and
less meaning”
jean baudrillard (1929-2007)

9. world exhibition 1958: philips pavilion

10. brasilia (1960)

11. 11
arnold schönberg (1874 - 1951)

12. modernism
• firm believe in progress
• one ideology
• history is bunk (after henry ford)
• the world is manageable
• in fact: everything is manageable
(even you)
• key principles:
•rationalization
•objectification
•science is truth

13. world trade center, new york (1973)

14. theodor adorno (1903 - 1969)

15. paris (1968)

16. detroit (around 1967)

17. the netherlands (1973)

18. ‘the spatialization of culture under
pressure of organized capitalism’
fredric jameson’s definition of postmodernity

19. 19

21. 1. nostalgia
2. irony
3. reenacting a historical situation
4. simulation of sensation
5. consummative engagement
6. over identification
the implosion of meaning: signs to recognize postmodernism

22. nostalgia/retromania

23. irony (very common in art and pop culture)

24. simulation of sensation

25. reenactment

26. authenticity (or consummative engagement)

27. over identification

28. “the simulation of something
that never really existed”
hyperreality

29. daft punk - robot rock (2005)

30. 30back in one hour!
intermezzo! assignment: reading mcluhan

31. back to the world exhibition in 1958

32. futurist manifest (1909)

33. manifest of De Stijl (1918)

34. bauhaus (1919-1933)

35. ray and charles eames (50s, 60s)

37. dieter rams: as little design as possible (50s, 60s, 70s)

38. dieter rams: ten principles for good design

39. helvica (1961)

40. david carson: intrusive design as praxis (90s)

41. massoud hassani: mine kafon (2012)

42. michiel schwarz: sustainism

43. sustainism is the new modernism

44. principles of sustainist design

45. michiel schwarz: sustainismback in one hour!
intermezzo! assignment: watching monteiro

46. now your on your own: making teams!

47. homework? see blog!