Discussion panel on the role of designers to create new understandings on co creation and respect for the people that designs and create. Design values and history are taught through a canon; a pantheon of work by predominantly European and North American (male) designers that lays the foundation for what is considered “good” or “bad”. The authority of that canon has undermined the work of non-Western and indiginous cultures, so that, for example, one design is regarded as traditional craft and the other as modern design. How can we eliminate these false distinctions to recognize all forms of making and include them in an international canon? Within this theme, we investigate how colonial thinking determines the way we teach, value and practice design. And we investigate how we, as a creative community, can transform systems that suppress into systems that lead to equality.
SPEAKERS
Fernando Laposse and Porfirio Gutiérrez
MODERATOR
Miguel Angel Angeles
Presentor
Ricardo Lozano
LOCATION
Main stage