OW #8: “Who Can Afford to Be Critical? What Can Criticality Afford?” by Afonso de Matos • Buttondown
In this issue of Other Worlds, Netherlands-based Portuguese designer and researcher Afonso de Matos looks back at his educational journey which led him from...
June 13, 2022 OW #8: “Who Can Afford to Be Critical? What Can Criticality Afford?” by Afonso de Matos In this issue of Other Worlds, Netherlands-based Portuguese designer and researcher Afonso de Matos looks back at his educational journey which led him from having no idea about design to believing that everything is design and design is everything. This journey urged de Matos to come to terms with a series of contradictions about the role of a critical attitude in design, its effects on the world and its relation to uneven professional opportunities. Among a small but significant number of de
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