S10.E6. Gilbert Cockton. Wild Challenges, Not Wicked Problems.

Catching the Next Wave

Have you ever considered how being human-centered might not be a good idea? How any centricity is a wrong focus for design? With Gilbert Cockton, a professor emeritus from the Northumbria University and the University of Sunderland, we discuss the need for a big picture to be able to strategically move forward with any project. We talk about the design approach in the era of post-humanism, the agency of objects, and a fetish of rationality creeping into the design profession. We underline the importance of the studio culture with design critics as a way to keep on bringing good work to the world. And we wonder whether evaluation does a good job for forwarding motion or perhaps not really.

LINKS

“Things We Could Design“ by Ron Wakkary

“Change by design” by Tim Brown

“Notes on design” by Kees Dorst