Dario Calmese: Designing for Liberation

Published: Sept. 12, 2022, 9 a.m.

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The world we live in has been designed. By whom? For whom? From the objects in our everyday lives, to the social hierarchies and systems we find ourselves in, these were once merely a thought, an idea. And not only were they designed, they in turn design us; shaping our thoughts, our desires, and the way we perceive the world. But what does it mean to design for liberation? How can we interrogate a seemingly fixed reality and thereby unlock new modalities of being?

What is the world we imagine for the future?

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