WHAT DESIGN CAN'T DO

WHAT DESIGN CAN'T DOFrom the press: A witty, tongue in cheek discussion of designs potentials and pitfalls In focusing on creating preferable conditions, the discipline of design is optimistic by default. And yet, vernacular manifestations of skepticism, dissatisfaction and even resentment toward design abound. Instead of systematically discarding them, can these "sad passions" shed a valuable light on the blind spots of the field? Can disillusion be something more than

unsentimental way

More than just a space for promotion and information

has developed a design curriculum at Princeton University in which three courses provide a broad and comprehensive introduction to the field for students coming from a range of other disciplines

of freeze-dried egg powder and fresh pineapple

Amy Giovanna Rinaldi and Heidi Howard

Uneasy in their habits

its colonialist and imperialist ages

contradictions

Kim TallBear and Michelle Tea

and structure

Using humorous and irreverent visuals

Afro-diasporic