{"id":17975,"date":"2014-08-08T10:45:50","date_gmt":"2014-08-08T08:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fondazionebassetti.org\/non_categorizzato\/2014\/08\/a_matter_of_design_everyday_li_2"},"modified":"2023-03-22T12:01:47","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T11:01:47","slug":"a_matter_of_design_everyday_li_2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fondazionebassetti.org\/en\/live_archive\/2014\/08\/a_matter_of_design_everyday_li_2","title":{"rendered":"A Matter of Design: Everyday Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

(continued from previous post<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n

Fondazione Giannino Bassetti contributed to the organization of the 5th STS Italia Conference “A Matter of Design. Making Society through Science & Technology<\/a>“, that was held in Milan, Italy, June 12 through 14, 2014, in collaboration with the Politecnico di Milano Doctoral School in Design.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We make available the video of the lecture by Elizabeth Shove (Lancaster University):
\n“The Design of Everyday Life”<\/strong><\/p>\n

“In this talk I explore the potential for theoretical cross-fertilisation between STS, material culture\/ consumption, and design research. I argue that suitably materialised theories of social practice provide a means of making connections between these disciplines, and of generating new ways of thinking about the design of everyday life. My method is to discuss a handful of examples chosen to illustrate specific theoretical challenges. In talking about home DIY projects, I push STS concepts of scripting and delegation to the limit; a discussion of digital photography reveals a dynamic ecology of products and practices; my account of plastic brings the material back into studies of material culture, and a discussion of kitchens forces us to confront complicated questions about the relation between artefacts, infrastructures and social practices. In the last part of the talk I bring some of these ideas together and consider their implications for processes of product design.<\/em>”<\/p>\n