Alison J. Clarke, the co-curator of Victor Papanek: The Politics of Design, is Director of the Victor J. Papanek Foundation and Professor of Design History and Theory. In this short video, she shows a beautiful silk scarf that wouldn’t look out of place round a fashionista’s neck. But there’s more here than meets the eye. The scarf’ is printed with a motif intended to confuse facial recognition software. It’s the designer’s way of criticizing how governments and corporations are making use of this controversial technology.
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In this series of videos, contemporary designers respond to quotes from Victor Papanek to find out if his ideas are still relevant. Petra and Simone from Social Label develop design together with top designers and people with a distance to the labor market.
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In this series of videos, contemporary designers respond to quotes from Victor Papanek to find out whether his ideas are still relevant. Tessa and Rolf from Minitopia create innovative, sustainable residential locations, in which there is plenty of room for solidarity and togetherness.
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