Virtual Colloquium: Sven Quadflieg – Empty Spaces

In this week’s session of the Virtual Colloquium we will have Sven Quadflieg as our guest. Sven’s talk is titled “Empty Spaces”.

Empty spaces can serve as a blank canvas for the projection of desires and the exploration of possibilities – but these spaces can also create uncertainty or friction due to the potential for various interpretations and outcomes. This friction can be exploited – because it generates questions that help to reflect on our actions in design teaching, theory, and practice, and can thereby generate new ways of thinking. In the context of the great challenges in design – for example, designing in the context of the emerging climatic catastrophe of the Anthropocene – these exploratory questions can be of major importance. Therefore, I would like to use the metaphor of empty space to outline, how the image of empty space can influence our thinking about design in the context of sustainability, post-human interests and global injustices.

For the speakers list of this semester and for information on registration, please have a look here.