Is Design Political?

From the Goethe-Institut: “Design becomes political when we see more in it than the shaping of our environment’s surfaces. Friedrich von Borries, architect and professor of Design Theory at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Hamburg (HFBK), talks about his concept of design as an emancipatory praxis that intervenes in the world in order to change and improve it. He is in conversation with Juliet Kinchin, Curator at MoMA’s Department of Architecture and Design.

Is Design Political? is presented in collaboration with Archtober, New York City’s Architecture and Design Month. The event is part of the global lecture series Kritikmaschine, organized by the Goethe-Institut and Kursbuch, one of Germany’s leading intellectual magazines.”