The research environment works in three parallell experimental rehearsal studios.
1. Present-ing Alternative Design Histories: The first rehearsal studio is focused on uncovering and restoring design’s histories with a focus on participation in and through design. This includes histories that have had great influence on how participation is enacted through design, and also histories previously given little or no attention in mainstream (Scandinavian/European) design history. To support us in becoming better haunted, these different histories are brought together with the aim of present-ing core values often embedded in design, and to create a space for thinking and doing participation in design otherwise.
2. Prefiguring Design Practices after Progress: The second rehearsal studio is focused on exploring and crafting emerging alternative design practices. Our engagements are informed by postanthropocentric and post-capitalist perspectives. Collaboratively the studio will set up prototypical cases where we rehearse how to adjust participatory oriented design approaches to better respond to the aftermath of progress, for example through caring, repairing, revival, un/making, and refusal.
3. Unlearning Pedagogies for Design after Progress: The third studio is a dress rehearsal for designers, design students and design educators. Here we draw together and perform the results from the two other rehearsal studios and invite designers and design educations that affect the future of design to take part and try out the skills, competences and capabilities necessary for designing after progress. This will partly be done through an exhibiting practice and a summer school as well as a winter school.