This Community is situated within the context of a transdisciplinary summer school focusing on building an understanding of visual communication design in correlation with various scientific fields. Among these, each year a different topic is set. Design methods are introduced to achieve interpretation of scientific processes and findings and integration of visual theory with science.
Students will develop a clear understanding of how to design a visual communication language to appeal to users of scientific knowledge on the one hand, and how to introduce the principles of design thinking into scientific methodologies. This community offers students the opportunity to improve knowledge in the field/s of synergy between science and the arts, tackling the interdisciplinary fields where science enlightens the public and society through visual communication.
Learning Community Activities
Past Events
The third edition of Design+Science Summer School is well under way. Starting off with a round table on Monday morning and a successful opening ceremony in the evening with keynote speeches by Stuart Walker and Sertaç Ersayin, 18 participants in three groups are researching the topic of Paraintelligence. On Tuesday we visited Karst region and dived deep into the secret underworld of Divača cave. Afterwards the collective Krater presented their way of tackling urban nature restoration projects, and Saša Spačal took us on a journey of the mystic world of funghi. Wednesday’s presentations were focused around AI. First Uroš Krčadinac presented us the way art and design can be used to question the struggles of present culture and society. Later Matevž Pogačnik took us through the positive and negative aspects of AI with a special attention to the question of ethics.
We can’t wait to see what students are busy preparing. We will have to wait until Friday’s final presentations.
- Design+Science Summer school 2021: Synthetic Foods
5-9 July 2021 / Ljubljana, Slovenia
More info here.
- Design+Science Summer school 2022: Synthetic Foods
5-9 July 2021 / Ljubljana, Slovenia
More info here.
- Guest lecture at the Academy of fine Arts and Design University of Ljubljana, 25 November 2022
Dominique Sciamma: The Power of Design
Dominique Sciamma, Director of CY école de Design in Paris, held a really inspiring keynote that took us on an incredible journey through the history of mankind and the impact the design had on our culture and society. We were presented the position of design in the world we live right now, and the important role design should play in our futures.
How to get involved?
(Students and educators)
Contact the EUTOPIA curriculum team: Jo Angouri (J.Angouri@warwick.ac.uk) and Karen Triquet (karen.triquet@vub.be).