©Ben Kuhlmann Policy Days
Attitudes
Policy Days
Event Series: Attitudes
November 2026
12
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Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach/Main, Board of International Research in Design
How can design take a stand – and why is this particularly important right now? The ATTITUDE event in Offenbach brings together international perspectives on a political understanding of design. The symposium creates an inspiring space for discussion on “partisan design” – biased design caught between responsibility, commitment and transformation.
The focus is on questions about a politicised design discipline, new roles for designers in the public sphere and the need to understand design as a social attitude.
Participants
Prof. Dr. Tatjana Schneider, Hermine Poschmann [Sea Rescue Life Line], Prof. Dr. Peter Friedrich Stephan, Noemi Biasseton, Silvio Lorusso, Maziar Rezai [Object Oriented Democracy], Nila Rezai [Crafted Liberation], Designer’s Union
Key topics:
- The political role of design (‘design taking a stand’)
- Partisan design between responsibility, attitude and transformation
- Design as a social and political practice
- New role models for designers in the public sphere
- Activism, engagement and ethics in design
- Design power, bias and positioning
- Design between criticism, intervention and institutional integration
- International perspectives on politicised design practice
For further information and enquiries: felix.kosok@wdc2026.org
