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Thank you! Commons in Design Conference, 15.–17. February 2023 We thank our 27 international speakers and the nearly 400 participants for making the Commons in Design Conference so rich and fruitful. To a more sustainable, peaceful and commons-based future! The international conference was founded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). The conference was organized by Christine Schranz (Conference Chair) and Charleen Elberskirch (Conference Coordination). #hgk_fhnw #designresearch @hgk_fhnw #icdp_research #commonsindesign

Commons in Design Conference, 15.–17. February 2023 Registration closes tomorrow! Registration for our Commons in Design Conference closes tomorrow! Register now via our website commons-in-design.ch. The conference is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). #hgk_fhnw #designresearch @hgk_fhnw #icdp_research #commonsindesign

Commons in Design Conference, 15.–17. February 2023 One week to go! One week to go until the Commons in Design Conference! We can't wait and we are very excited to welcome 27 international contributors from 16 nations to present their work. 3 Keynotes 15 Paper Presentations 7 Poster Presentations 2 Workshops Registration is possible until Friday, February 10, 2023. Please register through our Conference tool Converia on the Conference website. The conference is organized by Christine Schranz (Conference Chair / Scientific Lead) and Charleen Elberskirch (Conference Coordination). Conference website: mons-in-design.ch Contact: [email protected] The international conference is founded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). #hgk_fhnw #designresearch @hgk_fhnw #icdp_research #commonsindesign

Commons in Design Conference 15.–17.02.2023 Poster Presentations 16.02.2023, 15:25–16:00 o’clock On the second day of our conference, and in addition to our panels, we will display seven inspiring contributions in the form of posters, which the authors will introduce through short video clips. We look forward to discovering more about the wide range of interesting projects! With contributions from: Sheng-Hung Lee, Natalie Novik, Roger Guilemany, Marta Angelillis, Jade Mandrake & Francesca Ranalli, Twisha Metha and Katharina Mludek More info on our website commons-in-design.ch. Register now! Registration closes on February 10, 2023. The conference is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). #hgk_fhnw #designresearch @hgk_fhnw #icdp_research #commonsindesign

Commons in Design Conference 15.–17.02.2023 Workshop 2 “Open-Source Para-Structures”, Juan Gomez & Gregoire Rousseau 16.02.2023, 16:00–17:30 o’clock As of 2022, 18 billion devices use WiFi to create local area networks mainly to connect to the internet. It is now possible to seamlessly create a WiFi network thanks to devices such as Arduino’s, Raspberry PI and even consumer products such as smart phones. WiFi is part of the assemblages of networks that makes part of our daily life and is like an ambient network which has been invisibilised since its creation. What are the potential uses of WiFi as a creative medium? How to foster technological agency through an ambient network? How can Wifi shape and form common spaces and inclusivity? These are the questions that Open-Source Para-Structures aim to look into. To participate in the workshop, please register via our website commons-in-design.ch. Participation is free of charge! The conference is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). #hgk_fhnw #designresearch @hgk_fhnw #icdp_research #commonsindesign

Commons in Design Conference 15.–17.02.2023 Workshop 1 “Errant Design: An Unbounded Practice of Commoning and Design”, Max Stearns & Nathalie Attallah 16.02.2023, 16:00 –17:30 o’clock Errant Design is a practice of commoning and design built on an intersectional feminist Ethics of Care (Nelling, 1984), an In-Process and ‘deep time’ sense of response-ability for our design/ing (Macfarlane, 2019), and modes of collaboration designed for Becoming-With our designs, design materials/resources, and fellow designers (Haraway, 2016; Glissant, 1990). In this workshop, Max and Nathalie invite participants to begin playing in the kind of worldbuilding Errant Design operates in. Through the process of world creation, collaboration, and decision-making, participants will engage in the ways Errant Design might inform and enhance how we engage commons and commoning by design. To participate in the workshop, please register via our website commons-in-design.ch. Participation is free of charge! The conference is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). #hgk_fhnw #designresearch @hgk_fhnw #icdp_research #commonsindesign

Commons in Design Conference 15.–17.02.2023 Panel 3 “Design, Networks and Digital Fabrication” 17.02.2023 Zoe Romano opens the last day of our conference with her keynote “Low tech is the new high tech“ for the panel “Design, Networks and Digital Fabrication”. We look forward to hearing what she and the other panel members have to say! 09:15–10:15: Keynote by Zoe Romano, “Low tech is the new high tech” 10:15–10:45: Sanna-Maria Marttila, “Becoming a Participatory Design Commoner: Reflections on the emerging role of relationality in designing and commoning” 10:45–11:15: Luis Guerra, “REPARATORY DESIGN, sustainable ecologies of embodied practices, vulnerable knowledge, and resilient methodologies in Barcelona” 11:45–12:05: Juan Gomez & Gregoire Rousseau, “A vocabulary for digital commoning methods” 12:05–12:25: Cyrus Khalatbari, “Taking Back Our Commons: Social Media APIs as Subversive Tool” 12:25–12:45: Yuhe Ge, “Gleaning for the Common: A Post-Petroleum Mossmorran Centre for Ecology and Economy” Moderation: Pia Scharf More info on our website commons-in-design.ch. Registration is now possible! The conference is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). #hgk_fhnw #designresearch @hgk_fhnw #icdp_research #commonsindesign

Commons in Design Conference 15.–17.02.2023 Panel 2 Design, Activism, Body and Ecology 16.02.2023 The second day of our conference will be dedicated to the topic of “Design, Activism, Body and Ecology”. Holly McQuillan will introduce this panel with a keynote on “Weaving collective futures. Holism in practice”. 10:15–11:15: Keynote by Holly McQuillan, “Weaving collective futures. Holism in practice” 11:15-11:35: Jennifer Whitty, “Commoning fashion – from having to being-with the world” 11:35-12:05: Sharon Prendeville, “From Rhetoric to Realpolitik: The Design Optimism of Commons Discourse” 13:35-14:05: Daniela Salgado Cofré, “Tracing the Commons through Clay“ 14:05-14:35: Torange Khonsari, “Materiality of Common Good Objects” 14:35-14:55: Eva Verhoeven, “Obtrusive Relationships - Commons in Design with a particular focus on human de-centred design“ Moderation: Susanna Hertrich More info on our website commons-in-design.ch. Registration is now possible! The conference is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). #hgk_fhnw #designresearch @hgk_fhnw #icdp_research #commonsindesign

Commons in Design Conference 15.–17.02.2023 Panel 1 Design, Gender, Working Environment 15.02.2023 On the first day of our conference we will shed light on the topic of “Design, Gender, Working Environment”. We look forward to a keynote Nan O’Sullivan and great and diverse contributions from our panellists! 14:15–15:15: Keynote by Nan O’Sullivan, “Our Everyday: The intangible yet tangible tensions between commonality, contrast and co-operation within design education” 15:15–15:45: Rachel Armstrong, “Deanthropocentrising the Microbial Commons” 16:15–16:35: Elpitha D. Tsoutsounakis, “Product Design in the Desert: Methods for a Common Design Landscape” 16:35–16:55: Victoria Paeva, “Co-workshop Matters“ 16:55–17:15: Katherin Gutierrez, “Do we need mediation for the commons?” 17:15–17:45: Max Stearns & Nathalie Attallah, “Errant Design: An Unbounded Practice of Commoning and Design” Moderation: Yvonne Volkart More info on our website commons-in-design.ch. Registration is now possible! The conference is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). #hgk_fhnw #designresearch @hgk_fhnw #icdp_research #commonsindesign

Commons in Design Conference, 15.–17. February 2023 Free participation, please register via our website In our conference, we aim to explore the relevance of commons and commoning within design as a discipline and field of research. It aims to shed light on the complexity of commons and commoning from a design perspective and to present future models and scenarios pointing towards a more sustainable, just and peaceful world. Central to this is the question of how principles of commoning can benefit design processes, methods, and ways of working, ultimately changing the way designers position themselves. We are excited to have 28 international contributors from 16 nations to present their work at our Commons in Design Conference! 4 Keynotes, 15 Paper Presentations, 7 Poster Presentations, 2 Workshops The international conference is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). Registration is possible until February 10, 2023. The conference is organized by Christine Schranz (Conference Chair / Scientific Lead) and Charleen Elberskirch (Conference Coordination). Conference website: mons-in-design.ch Contact: [email protected] #hgk_fhnw #designresearch @hgk_fhnw #icdp_research #commonsindesign

Commons in Design Conference 15.–17.02.2023 Keynote 4 “Low tech is the new high tech”, Zoe Romano 17.02.2023, 09:15–10:15 o’clock Zoe Romano is a craftivist, independent researcher and lecturer focused on social innovation, women in tech and open design. She co-founded WeMake Makerspace in 2014 while working at Arduino. She’s now a consultant on R&D and eu-funded digital social innovation projects. She takes part in research/activism activities around e-textiles and digital fabrication. The internet allowed us to access a database of knowledge, academic and informal, in continuous expansion which is composing a new, hybrid territory, an onlife ecosystem, inhabited by people who look at technology with an unusual awareness. They have the skills to create beyond the drifts of hyper-design and are curious about the body of knowledge beyond the boundaries of academic design, towards a low tech approach which investigates lesser known local technologies, where indigenousness is reformulated as an evolutionary extension of life in symbiosis with nature. More info on our website commons-in-design.ch. Registration is now possible! The conference is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). @zoescope_ #hgk_fhnw #designresearch @hgk_fhnw #icdp_research #commonsindesign #keynote

Commons in Design Conference 15.–17.02.2023 Keynote 3 “Weaving collective futures. Holism in practice”, Holly McQuillan 16.02.2023, 10:15–11:15 o’clock With 15 years researching sustainable fashion and textiles, today Holly McQuillan’s research advocates for a new understanding of the relationship between designer and system, material, textile and form which is oriented through the lens of holistic circularity. Holly McQuillan's research critically addresses the systems that clothe the body and our environment, taking a holistic, post-anthropocentric, and material-driven approach to design, making and use practices, across material, interaction, and ecological scales. This approach requires deep collaboration and a common understanding that can only be achieved if the materials, tools, methods and perspectives are open to all who wish to engage with these sometimes difficult practices and the conversations that surround them. More info on our website commons-in-design.ch. Registration is now possible! The conference is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). @criticaltextiletopologies @tudelft #hgk_fhnw #designresearch @hgk_fhnw #icdp_research #commonsindesign #keynote