Design after design

Abstract

[...]those problems that can be solved cannot be done so simply by instrumental means. [...]much in the name of sustainability sustains the unsustainable. [...]liberal reform becomes a weak version of political romanticism. * Inside outsiders-while there is no outside to hegemonic techno-capitalism, inside outsiders function from a recognized position of alienation and creative contestation. [...]a curriculum could be continuous rather than divided into years; it would include, for example: * Retrofitting and metrofitting-design practice directed at 'what is' and centered on redirective practice (breaking down of existing design disciplines and opening to others so as to create diverse team of learning and inquiry). * Situated problem research placement-this based on going to a problem, living and working with it; this could mean remaking or making something new. * Intercultural literacy and the philosophy of design-this so graduates can comprehend different cosmologies, modes of being and species futures. * Design actor-leaders-rather than service providers, this activity would focus not just on leadership via project creation but how to establish a counter-design practice economy. * Project would be central to the whole approach.