Queer-Sensible Designing: Challenging Normative Gender through an Industrial Design Practice

Silas Denz; Wouter  Eggink

Queer-Sensible Designing: Challenging Normative Gender through an Industrial Design Practice

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Conventional design practices regard gender as a given precondition defined by femininity and masculinity. To shift these strategies to include non-heteronormative or queer users, queer theory served as a source of inspiration as well as user sensitive design techniques. As a result, a co-design workshop was developed and executed. Participants supported claims that gender scripts in designed artefacts uphold gender norms. The practice did not specify a definition of a queer design style. However, the co-design practice opened up the design process to non-normative gender scripts by unmasking binary gender dichotomies in industrial design.

Original language	English
Number of pages	15
Publication status	Published - 21 Jun 2019
Event	Academy for Design Innovation Management Conference 2019: Research perspectives in the era of Transformations - Loughborough University, London, United Kingdom Duration: 19 Jun 2019 → 21 Jun 2019 https://designinnovationmanagement.com/adim2019/

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Conference	Academy for Design Innovation Management Conference 2019
Abbreviated title	ADIM 2019
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	London
Period	19/06/19 → 21/06/19
Internet address	https://designinnovationmanagement.com/adim2019/

Keywords

Design practice
Gender normativity
Queer theory
Participatory design
Gender design
Design research
Brand identity

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