GUESTS
Ezio Manzini’s work centers on design for social innovation as a driving force for a just and ecological transition. From this perspective, he founded DESIS: an international network of design schools engaged in these issues…
Sailing against the wind
19 SEP @ 10:00
KEYNOTE 2
is a designer, researcher, and educator whose work explores the entanglements between ecology and modern infrastructures.
To Re-enchant Contested Grounds
19 SEP @ 10:30
PRESENTATION 1
is director of the design department at the École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay (ENS) and co-director of the Centre de Recherche en Design (ENS/ENSCI Les Ateliers).
18 SEP @ 11:45
Reconstrained Design
PRESENTATION 1
Miriam Kathrein is a design practitioner, curator, and cultural researcher. She currently leads Innovation Management at EIT Culture and Creativity South, East & Alps in Vienna, where she also serves as Program Manager.…
18 SEP @ 17:45
Chat the future with EIT
CHAT THE FUTURE
Time’s Up is a Linz, Austria-based laboratory that constructs experiential models of possible futures to explore contemporary and emerging sociopolitical issues” instead of “build playgrounds that encourage playful “what if?” exploratory thinking, a form of embedded curiosity. Whether immersive installations, discursive workshops, or acoustic experiments, Time’s Up invites audiences, visitors, and participants to playfully explore…
Instead of Solutions: Tools for Navigating Uncertain Seas
19 SEP @ 15:45
PRESENTATION 4
is a design culture researcher and an assistant professor at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME). He earned his PhD from MOME’s Doctoral School in 2022, the same year he published his book The Limits of Human-Centered Design: Speculative Des…
DISCOURSE
18 SEPT @ 16:45
PANEL 2
David Martens (he/him) is a designer and maker currently working as a policy analyst at the EU Policy Lab within the Joint Research Centre.
Futures Garden
19 SEP @ 15:00
PRESENTATION 3
(he/him) is a designer and technologist exploring how emerging technologies can empower communities and shape more equitable futures. He leads Fab Lab Barcelona at IAAC, a global reference in digital fabrication and civic innovation, …
The Right to Prototype: Alternative Presents for Plural Futures
19 SEP @ 12:15
PRESENTATION 2
Maja Šuštaršič is a curator at the Museum of Architecture and Design (MAO) in Ljubljana. She is an art historian and sociologist of culture, holding a PhD in the Anthropology of Art.
From 2010 to 2020, she served as head of the Biennial of Design (BIO), leading its development into an internationally acclaimed production platform that explores new models of co-creation and uses design to envision alternative futures.
PRACTICE
19 SEP @ 13:00
PANEL 3
Jimmy Loizeau's is a designer, lecturer, and programme lead in Goldsmiths, University of London’s Design: Expanded Practice MA program. His practice critically examines technologies, systems, and institutions, reimagining how we…
TBA
18 SEP @ 12:30
PRESENTATION 2
Silvio Lorusso is an Italian writer, artist, and designer based in Lisbon, Portugal. He published Entreprecariat (Onomatopee) in 2019 and What Design Can’t Do (Set Margins’) in 2023.
Existential Solutionism: A Dive into the Designerly Unconscious
18 SEP @ 15:15
PRESENTATION 3
José Luis de Vicente is a curator and cultural researcher. He investigates the current and future impact of social and technological innovation through artifacts, objects, and narratives that explore emerging social and political scenarios…
18 SEP @ 15:00
TBA
PRESENTATION 4
Gerin Trautenberger is a design strategist and educator. He is the managing director of EIT Culture & Creativity Co-Location Center South East & Alps. Between 2013 and 2024, he served as president for Kreativwirtschaft Austria (KAT), a platform promoting networking and development of creative industries.
Natalija Majsova is an Associate Professor of Cultural Studies at the University of Ljubljana. She teaches creative writing, theories of culture, and futures studies, and is the principal investigator of MEMPOP – Mnemonic Aesthetics and Strategies in Popular culture (2023-2026), a research project co-funded by the Slovenian and Croatian research agencies.