Responsible design by philosophical
WOUTER EGGINK
STEVEN DORRESTIJN
Productimpacttool.Org
Responsible design by philosophical
tools in a parallel trajectory
Responsible design by philosophical
tools in a parallel trajectory
“Responsible” contains
“Responding”
Providing answers to
[societal] questions
“Design” encompasses
“Synthesis”
Pro-actively shaping
[alternative] solutions
Antwerpen
1 week
17 students
1 room
Antwerpen
1 week
17 students
1 room
Assignment
- a situation/place/product
category/service that addresses a
social issue in society
- (re)design it in such a way that it
ensures ‘shared responsibility’
- exhibit at the end of the week
Utopias
•
Utopian design = applying technology
for radical improvement of society
(Dorrestijn)
Utopias
•
Restorative –utopia (ARTS & CRAFTS)
•
Socially-functionalistic –utopia (MODERNISM)
•
Technology at a human scale –utopia (LATE MODERISM)
•
Diversity of Life Styles –utopia (POST MODERNISM)
Utopias
•
Restorative –utopia (ARTS & CRAFTS)
•
Socially-functionalistic –utopia (MODERNISM)
•
Technology at a human scale –utopia (LATE MODERISM)
•
Diversity of Life Styles –utopia (POST MODERNISM)
Utopias
•
Restorative –utopia (ARTS & CRAFTS)
•
Socially-functionalistic –utopia (MODERNISM)
•
Technology at a human scale –utopia (LATE MODERISM)
•
Diversity of Life Styles –utopia (POST MODERNISM)
Utopias
Utopias
Utopias
Utopias
Projects:
Waiting for public transport
Getting/doing together in playgrounds
Nuisance of shared mopeds
Philosophy of Technology
PRODUCT IMPACT TOOL (DORRESTIJN)
•
Repertoire of types of impact
•
12 types of impact
•
Seizing points
•
4 quadrants
•
Human existence enwrapped in
technology
•
Variant of technical mediation
approach
Philosophy of Technology
PRODUCT IMPACT TOOL (DORRESTIJN)
https://productimpacttool.org/
“Since I have a self-driving
car I go everywhere on foot”
Philosophy of Technology
En dan nog dit.
Numero 1
De step app laat
niet toe om in
bepaalde zones te
parkeren.
Numero 2
De steps zijn in
staat om aan
mekaar vast te
klikken
Numero 3
Er zijn containers
voorzien waar je
de steps kan in
plaatsen en
opladen.
Numero 4
Gebruikers
aanmoedigen:
Respectvolle
gebruikers worden
beloond met:
MERCH
GRATIS RIJMINUTEN
by: Kobe Baudewijns, Emile
Cognie, Pieter De Beucker &
1 other student
RESPONSIBLE DESIGN/INNOVATION
SHARING THE RESPONSIBILITY
Open Script Design (Stam)
Shared responsibility
RESPONSIBLE DESIGN/INNOVATION
SHARING THE RESPONSIBILITY
RESPONSIBLE DESIGN/INNOVATION
SHARING THE RESPONSIBILITY
Open Script Design
“opening up the script”
Closed
amfitheater
Getting/doing
together
in playgrounds
by: Janne Caenen, Lotte Van
Hoofstat & Salma Yachchou
Practicing the practical turn
Utopian Design
Product Impact Tool
Open Script Design
(Parallel) trajectory
REFLECTION & RESPONSIBILITY IN DESIGN EXERCISE
Utopian
design
Problem
statement
Ideation
Conceptualization
Product Impact
Parallel trajectory
REFLECTION & RESPONSIBILITY IN DESIGN
Societal demand
Ethical Readiness Check
Future Scenarios
Stakeholder discussions
Technical innovation
Design for behavior
Ethics by design
Stakeholder evaluations & (use)tests
Societal embedding
Impact assessment Evaluation implementation
Redesign
Problem
The accompaniment of design projects with philosophical tools for reflection
proves to be practical for improving responsibility in design. We therefore propose
the concept of a parallel trajectory for ethics, with carefully timed philosophical
exercises, as an implementation of responsible design.
Responsible design by philosophical
PRACTICING THE PRACTICAL TURN: REFLECTION IN DESIGN
References
ProductImpactTool.org (2019) https://productimpacttool.org/en/portal-english/
Eggink, W. & Dorrestijn, S. (2018) Editorial: Philosophical Tools in Design Research: from empirical turn to practical turn.In: Storni et al. (Eds.) Proceedings of the Design Research Society Conference (DRS), Vol. 1. pp. 188-189.
Eggink, W. & Dorrestijn, S. (2018) Philosophy of Technology x Design: The Practical Turn.In: Storni et al. (Eds.) Proceedings of the Design Research Society Conference (DRS), Vol. 1. pp. 190-199.
Dorrestijn, S. (2012). The design of our own lives. PhD Thesis, University of Twente, Enschede. Retrieved from http://steven-dorrestijn.blogspot.nl/ & http://doc.utwente.nl/81848/
Dorrestijn, S., & Eggink, W. (2014). Product Impact Tool Workshop; mastering affect and effect in human-product relations. Paper presented at the International Conference on Design & Emotion; Colors of Care, Bogotá. http://www.stevendorrestijn.nl/tool/
Eggink, W. [2014]. Where's My Robot? Integrating Human Technology Relations in the Design Curriculum. In: Bohemia et al. (Eds.),
Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education; University of Twente (the Netherlands); 4-5 September.
Liesbeth Stam & Wouter Eggink (2014). How to Interest People for the Hare instead of the Chase, an exploration of open script design to change consumer behaviour. In: Youn-kyung & Niedderer (Eds.) Proceedings of the Design Research Society conference (DRS); Design's Big Debates, Umeå, Design Research Society.
