[resource-net] Unpleasant Design Workshop, weise7, 12th Nov, 11-16.00

[Teresa Dillon]

URBAN KNIGHTS

UNPLEASANT DESIGN WORKSHOP
Studio weise7
Date: Tue, 12 Nov
Time: 11-16.00
Cost: €20
Location: Studio weise7, Weisestraße 7, U8 Boddinstraße, Neukölln 12049
Berlin
Requirements: No special tech or kit required. All materials provided.
Booking required: http://weise7.org/

As part of this years Urban Knights programme in Berlin we will be hosting
the Unpleasant Design workshop at weise7.org. 

Unpleasant Design is a phenomenon in which social control is inherent in
the design of objects and spaces. Park benches with a central armrest where
one cannot sleep, blue light in public toilets which makes intravenous
injection impossible, are just a few common features we regularly encounter
in public spaces. In recent years, unpleasant design has become a global
fashion with many examples to be found across cities worldwide.

WORKSHOP PROCESS

Designing “unpleasant design” is an intricate process. At the Unpleasant
Design workshop, participants use persuasive and coercive design techniques
to invent a design which targets a specific group, behaviour or product.
Particular attention will be paid to technologies, which enable
discrimination and the role of pervasive technology in urban spaces.
Participants will actively explore this change through the application of
unpleasant design. 

WORKSHOP LEADERS

Selena Savić is an architect, artist and researcher, interested in the way
technology mediates the space we inhabit. A graduate from the Faculty of
Architecture, University of Belgrade (2006), she continued her studies in
Media Design at the Piet Zwart Institute, Networked Media Department, The
Netherlands (2010). Since September 2011 she is a doctoral candidate at the
Federal Technical Institute in Lausanne, Switzerland (EPFL) and the
Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon, Portugal (IST), and a grantee of the
FCT, Portugal. At EPFL, Selena is one of the founding researchers at
SINLAB, an experimental laboratory situated at the intersection of
Performing Arts, Architecture, Science, Engineering and Philosophy. Her
artistic work and research was exhibited at numerous exhibitions and
festivals.

Nikola Korać Nikola Korać graduated from the Faculty of Applied Arts,
University of Belgrade (2006), and finished his specialist studies in
silkscreen printing from Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Belgrade
(2012). His work traverses the fields of illustration and fine art,
combining pop culture aesthetics, street art, typography and humor. Nikola
is a founding member of SilkSkrin, Belgrade whose aim is to promote
artistic expression in graphic communication by balancing traditional and
contemporary printmaking techniques. 

BOOK NOW: http://weise7.org/

MORE ABOUT UNPLEASANT DESIGN: http://unpleasant-design.pravi.me/