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In its constructive and speculative nature, design has the critical potential to reshape prevalent socio-material realities. At the same time, design is inevitably normative, if not often violent, as it stabilises the past, normalises the present, and precludes just and sustainable futures. The contributions rethink concepts of critique that influence the field of design, question inherent blind spots of the discipline, and expand understandings of what critical design practices could be. With contributions from design theory, practice and education, art theory, philosophy, and informatics, "Critical by Design?" aims to question and unpack the ambivalent tensions between design and critique.

We think we understand environmental damage: pollution, water scarcity, a warming world. But these problems are just the tip of the iceberg. Food insecurity, financial assets drained of value by environmental damage, and a rapid rise in diseases of animal origin are among the underreported consequences of an unsustainable global system. In State of the World 2015, the flagship publication of The Worldwatch Institute, experts explore hidden threats to sustainability and how to address them. Eight key issues are addressed in depth, along with the central question of how we can develop resilience to these and other shocks. With the latest edition of State of The World, the authorities at Worldwatch bring to light challenges we can no longer afford to ignore

"State of the World 2005 takes a new and deeper look at the theme that has dominated international politics since 9/11: security. Not the armed conflicts that occur when it breaks down, but the underlying social, economic and environmental pressures which determine how threatened and vulnerable people feel. These include food, water, other natural resources, exposure to environmental change and health threats. Without equitable and sustainable management of these conditions, lasting security cannot be achieved. The result is a fascinating and illuminating volume that offers a new definition of security and the means to achieve it. [Published annually in 28 languages, each edition draws on the breadth of expertise of the Worldwatch Institute's team of writers and researchers. State of the World is relied upon by national governments, UN agencies, development workers and law-makers for its authoritative and up-to-the-minute analysis and information. It is essential for anyone concerned with building a positive, global future.]"--Provided by publisher.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Critical by design? An introduction -- Genealogies -- What is a critical object? Design as «desubjugation» (after Foucault) -- The vitality of the negative: critical design between social philosophy and conceptual art -- Ask what can be! Modal critique and design as drivers of accidence -- What are the politics of ontological design? A critical reflection on the mutual becoming of «the human» and «the world» -- Engaging in epistemic disobedience: on the decolonialization of design discourses -- Practices -- Unsettling individualized design practice through collaboration -- «Ci concimiamo a vicenda»: building support structures as part of design practice -- Re-visioning pelvic care through design -- Trojan horses: ambiguity as a critical design strategy -- Grey design: critical practices of design at the peripheries of the discipline -- Positions -- The ineliminable aesthetic dimension of art -- Design culture as critical practice -- What might be the speculative social? -- Biased design, or the misery of neutrality -- Undesign and understanding -- Epilogue -- The life and death of critical and speculative design: post-disciplinarity, post-truth, post-self and post-capital -- Appendix -- Critical by design? The book's design as SF figures -- List of Figures & Tables -- Biographies -- Imprint