In a world where tech-giants fuel rapid, eternal growth, the average citizen struggles to negotiate their autonomy. Veiled by glossy promises of bigger, better and faster, surveillance and governance are hard to navigate. Through radical connections and methods of subversion, can design empower us to create new understandings about technology?
Panelists:
Bogomir Doringer (Curator & Head of Education, NXT Museum)
Elsa Rambaud (Social Design, MA)
Jorim Theuns (Information Design, MA)
Lenka Hamosova (Speculative Designer & Researcher)
Pete Fung (Contextual Design, MA)
With design research at its heart, The Arena is Design Academy Eindhoven’s (DAE) in-house platform for furthering dialogues on design discourse. It addresses and contextualises aspects of design practice that inform and surpass a final object or outcome.Tune in to DDW TV daily on  ddw.nl  from 14:30-15:30 for panel discussions on the dilemmas of institutional critique, bio-politics and collective care, power structures behind invisible infrastructures, interrogations on cultural heritage and more.
