THE CHALLENGE OF BEING ACTIVIST-DESIGNER. An attempt to understand the New Role of Designer in the Social change based on current experiences
THE CHALLENGE OF BEING ACTIVIST-DESIGNER. An attempt to understand the New Role of Designer in the Social change based on current experiences
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成为激进设计师的挑战。
DOI：
10.1080/14606925.2017.1352855
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2017
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Mitra Khazaei
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M. Rezai;Mitra Khazaei
随着设计的作用不断扩大，设计师面对社会的责任和影响范围也在不断变化。在这种氛围中，设计师、用户和利益相关者交互的人性化态度正面临着新的视野。这个新的视野包括设计师作为设计在社会中的倡导者的角色;设计师将自己描述为仅仅是“仆人问题解决者”或“服务提供者”，但作为设计活动家。行动主义设计师首先是一个思想家，他通过设计进行观察、分析和反应。它的反应是与社会的对抗，可以是一种产品，服务或政治，社会或文化行动的特定影响。本文认为，在社会的未来，积极的设计师的必要性，并旨在获得更好地了解如何积极的设计师可以有效地工作和互动的上述人类的态度，在社会和政治问题的反应，问题往往需要一个快速和良好的工作解决方案，为所有各方，以有一个真实的和有效的影响的情况。否则，设计作品（信息）可能在到达受众之前就消失了，或者在某些情况下，甚至严重危及激进的设计师或参与的用户。研究问题将通过进行多个案例研究来解决，分析过去几年在埃及，伊朗，瑞典和巴勒斯坦等不同背景和条件下的一些重要案例中的设计行动主义挑战。
Abstract As the role of design has been expanding over the time, responsibility and area of influence of designers in confronting with society has also been changing. In this atmosphere, the human attitude of the Designer, User, and Stakeholders interaction is facing a new horizon. This new horizon includes the role of designers as advocates of design in the society; designers who characterize themselves as mere "servant problem solvers" or "service providers”, but as design activists. The activist designer first of all is a thinker, who observes, analyses and reacts by design. Its reaction is a confrontation with society which can be a product, service or a political, social or cultural action for a specific influence. This paper believes in the necessity of activist designers in the future of societies and aims at gaining a better understanding of how the activist designer can effectively work and interact within the above mentioned the human attitude in reacting to social and political problems; Problems that often need a quick and good working solution for all the parties in order to have a real and effective impact on the situation. Otherwise the design work (the message) could disappear before reaching the audience or in some cases even seriously endanger the activist designer or involved users. The research question will be approached by conducting a multiple case study analysing the design activism challenge in some significant cases of the last few years in different contexts and conditions such as in Egypt, Iran, Sweden and Palestine.