Doctoral defence: Yue Zou
Yue Zou will defend his PhD thesis "Speculating on Design, Life Styles and Forms - Studies in the Contexts of
Climate Change and Sustainability" online on April 17th. The defence will be in English.
Trail lecture: 09.00
Defence: 11.00
If you want to follow the defence, please sign up using this link: https://aho.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-tNFkR0HQA2w5GfK6gzgaQ
About the thesis:
To seek a fundamental change in design towards long-term sustainability, this thesis explores a speculative, nondualist, and relational design approach to engaging with ongoing climate change and sustainable design transformations. In this thesis, I build a practice-based Eco-Cultural-Techno Design Speculative Approach through posthumanist notions of Life Style and Life Form to designing Eco-Cultural-Techno futures and understanding the problems and potentials of long-term sustainable transformations. The research consists of two practice-based design studies that offer critiques of the field of cosmetics and consumer culture through two projects, that explore alternative conceptualisations and new relationships of design-based Eco-Cultural-Techno futures.
The main contribution of this study is a conceptual approach to investigate Eco-Cultural-Techno futures for transitioning to long-term sustainability. It also offers a posthumanist perspective related to Life-Style-Form through which this approach may be read in greater depth. With the approach and perspective, the thesis demonstrates the design-inflected possibilities of multisensory and cooperative futures that could contribute to rethinking and supporting long-term sustainability.
About the candidate:
Yue Zou is a transdisciplinary designer and design researcher from China. He holds two Masters of Design from the Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO) and Hunan University, and a Bachelor of Engineering in Industrial Design from Hunan University. He is conducting speculations on the future of sustainable everyday life by combining design research and design practices and bringing further studies of posthumanism in design. His works have been exhibited globally, such as Milan, Stockholm, and Shanghai Design Week. He is currently teaching at the School of Creativity and Art, Shanghaitech University in Shanghai.
Climate Change and Sustainability" online on April 17th. The defence will be in English.
Trail lecture: 09.00
Defence: 11.00
If you want to follow the defence, please sign up using this link: https://aho.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-tNFkR0HQA2w5GfK6gzgaQ
About the thesis:
To seek a fundamental change in design towards long-term sustainability, this thesis explores a speculative, nondualist, and relational design approach to engaging with ongoing climate change and sustainable design transformations. In this thesis, I build a practice-based Eco-Cultural-Techno Design Speculative Approach through posthumanist notions of Life Style and Life Form to designing Eco-Cultural-Techno futures and understanding the problems and potentials of long-term sustainable transformations. The research consists of two practice-based design studies that offer critiques of the field of cosmetics and consumer culture through two projects, that explore alternative conceptualisations and new relationships of design-based Eco-Cultural-Techno futures.
The main contribution of this study is a conceptual approach to investigate Eco-Cultural-Techno futures for transitioning to long-term sustainability. It also offers a posthumanist perspective related to Life-Style-Form through which this approach may be read in greater depth. With the approach and perspective, the thesis demonstrates the design-inflected possibilities of multisensory and cooperative futures that could contribute to rethinking and supporting long-term sustainability.
About the candidate: Yue Zou is a transdisciplinary designer and design researcher from China. He holds two Masters of Design from the Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO) and Hunan University, and a Bachelor of Engineering in Industrial Design from Hunan University. He is conducting speculations on the future of sustainable everyday life by combining design research and design practices and bringing further studies of posthumanism in design. His works have been exhibited globally, such as Milan, Stockholm, and Shanghai Design Week. He is currently teaching at the School of Creativity and Art, Shanghaitech University in Shanghai.
Program:
Date: 17. April, 2023
Time: 9:00 am