Re-engaging with Design History through the Practical Turn

Wouter Eggink

doi:10.26254/med/6331

Re-engaging with Design History through the Practical Turn

Wouter Eggink

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This paper reflects on the interpretation of design histories for use in contemporary design practice. After the introduction and advocacy of STS approaches in design history by Fallan in 2010, I started to become interested in using these approaches for understanding contemporary design challenges. This interest resulted in the development of historically informed design methods in the context of the Practical Turn.
The Practical Turn is a term that is coined by Eggink and Dorrestijn for the collaboration between Philosophy of Technology and Design Research. Some results of this collaboration are Utopian Technology, the Product Impact Tool, and Open Script Design.
I will explain the use of Utopian Technology for designing responsibly, based on the experiences with a one-week Industrial Design Workshop at the University of Antwerp. Here, 18 students executed a conceptual design project for the improvement of public space. During the process they applied the idea of Utopian Technology in both the analysis and synthesis of their designs.

Original language	English
Pages	268
Number of pages	275
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.26254/med/6331
Publication status	Published - 2022
Event	Design History Society Annual Conference 2021: Memory Full? Reimagining the relations between Design and History - FHNW Academy of Art and Design, Basel, Switzerland Duration: 2 Sept 2021 → 4 Sept 2021 https://www.memoryfull2021.org/

Conference

Conference	Design History Society Annual Conference 2021
Abbreviated title	DHS 2021
Country/Territory	Switzerland
City	Basel
Period	2/09/21 → 4/09/21
Internet address	https://www.memoryfull2021.org/

Keywords

Design history
Practical turn
Philosophy of technology
Responsible design
Utopian design
Utopian technology
Ethical reflection

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Ethics in Design Education, but different: Practicing the Practical Turn
Eggink, W., 9 Sept 2021, Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (E&PDE 2021): Continuity and Adaptability in Design and Engineering Education. Grierson, H., Bohemia, E. & Buck, L. (eds.). London: The Design Society, Vol. 23. 6 p.
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Making a Practical Turn: Philosophical Design tools in an Ethical Parallel Track for Innovations
Dorrestijn, S. & Eggink, W., 29 Jun 2021, p. 128. 1 p.
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Cultivating Responsible Design with the Product Impact Tool
Eggink, W., 10 Sept 2020, Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education: The Value of Design & Engineering Education in a Knowledge Age. Buck, L., Bohemia, E. & Grierson, H. (eds.). The Design Society, Vol. 22. p. 1-6 6 p. 1108
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Ethics in Design Education, but different: Practicing the Practical Turn

Making a Practical Turn: Philosophical Design tools in an Ethical Parallel Track for Innovations

Cultivating Responsible Design with the Product Impact Tool

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