How to (not?) use social design?

Critical thoughts and notes on the problematic heritage of Modernism in social design.

2021

Lecture

Commissioned by the Dutch Design Week Talks for the session Designing Society

This lecture takes the starting statement of the event "Design has the power to tackle societal issues, like growing polarisation" and attempt at deconstructing it step by step by looking at how this short sentence is a product of a mystical modernist heritage.