Published to accompany an exhibition held at Architekturmuseum der TU München / Pinakothek der Moderne, Museum Fünf Kontinente, Kunstraum München, Munich, 3rd February-12th March 2017 and Museum für Völkerkunde, Hamburg, 6th April-19th August, 2018.
Contents:
Cheick Diallo: design between politics and poetics / Kerstin Pinther, Alexandra Weigand. Forms of modernity -- Transform(n)ation -- Forms of cooperation/participation -- Material morphosis -- Speculative forms -- Ladi Kwali, Michael Cardew and a tangled story of African studio pottery / Susan Mullin Vogel -- Design, development and its legacies: a perspective on 1970s design culture and its anthropological intents / Alison J. Clarke -- Between Favela chic and autonomy: design in Latin America / Gui Bonsiepe -- The politics of design in Postcolonial Kenya / Daniel Magaziner -- On the flows of architectural design: the context and making of an exhibition / Kerstin, Pinther, Alexandra Weigand -- Jules Wokam's aesthetics of permeability / Christian Hanussek -- Tracing the quiet cultural activism: Laduma Ngxolo and black coffee / Erica de Greef -- Cheick Diallo: design between politics and poetics / Kerstin Pinther, Alexandra Weigand.
Summary:
Situating design histories globally means not only to interpret design as a practice that can be found everywhere but also to take a critical stance towards simple dichotomies such as traditional/modern, artisanal/industrial, and formal/informal. In front of the backdrop of the global turn in art and design studies this volume focuses on design and design practices in Africa. It shows that creations of forms are results of an exchange not only between Africa and Europe but also between everyday and established, institutionalized artistic fundamentals or flows. Thus, the contributors trace multi-faceted design histories: from a historical perspective, with attention to the present, and towards possible futures.
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