Julia Moser will be part of the Unlearning Design workshop and roundtable held at the University of Arts Linz on November 11, sharing insights from her project course “Designing with the Living” conducted together with Noor Stenfert Kroese and Irene Posch.
Design theory has been undergoing a transformation for some time now. In view of multiple global crises – climate change, social inequality, scarcity of resources – the question of what role design can play in a sustainable transformation of society continues to arise. Sustainability and transformation skills are key topics in design education, but many teaching formats remain stuck in established structures that restrict rather than promote sustainable innovation. The concept of *unlearning* opens up a critical perspective: which assumptions, methods and practices in design education need to be questioned and overcome in order to enable sustainable design approaches?