Kazuki Mori | Diving into 'Design Culture' as a Totality of Intertwined Practices
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This article explores 'design culture' as a framework to understand design not as an individual act, but as a totality of social practices.Summary
This article deconstructs the myth of design as the exclusive domain of the individual designer, proposing 'design culture' as a lens to view design as a 'totality of social practices.' Drawing on the work of theorists like Ron Wakkary and Guy Julier, the author explains that design is an ecosystem emerging from the intersection of production, designers, and consumption. Through case studies such as Elise Hodson’s ethnography of product development and Mahmoud Keshavarz’s analysis of the politics of passports, the article demonstrates how design is a process generated within complex webs of power, resistance, and social interdependence.
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