Distributed Agency, Design's Potential
<p>Tom Holert intends to reframe and re-imagine design in post-capitalist terms. By tracing the appearance of the term ‘design’ in contemporary critical theory he develops an optimistic micro-political approach, which tries to go beyond well-rehearsed figures of critique, namely, those accusing design of being complicit with capitalist commodification and, ultimately, exploitation. With the help of a ‘weak theory’ built upon small-scale endeavors of networked solidarity, this text argues for design’s micro-processual capacity to engage with the local and the particular.</p>
Authors: Tom Holert
Editors: Jesko Fezer, Matthias Görlich
Designer: Matthias Görlich
Bedford Press, Architectural Association
Part of: Civic City Cahier
ISBN: 9781907414299