Alternative Exchange: How does design create alternative economies in contemporary culture?
From Bit Coin to Time-Banks, the emergence of alternative systems of economic value
and exchange represents a profound shift in contemporary culture. But what role has design played in delivering this change
and what are the possibilities-and values- for thinking about alternative economics in contemporary design culture?
Panel:
Chair Professor Guy Julier, Professor of Design Culture, University of Brighton and V&A / University of
Brighton Principle Fellow in Contemporary Design. Author of Economies of Design, (London: Sage 2017).
Professor
Alison Clarke, Chair of Design History and Theory, University of Applied Arts Vienna and Director of the Victor J. Papanek
Foundation, University of Applied Arts Vienna.
Dr Martina Grünewald, Postdoctoral Researcher in Design History
and Theory, University of Applied Arts Vienna.
Matthias Tarasiewicz, Project developer and technology theorist,
RIAT - Research Institute for Arts and Technology
www.designhistorytheory.atdesignculturesalon.org
