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Liberté / Liberty
No full textThis book is a typographic interpretation of the poem "Liberté" (1942) by Paul Éluard inspired by the surrealist graphic universe. To design this book, graphic designer Rathna Ramanathan immersed herself in the surrealist typographic productions of the Kandinsky Library at the Centre Pompidou: leaflets, posters, flyers and programs, anonymous or signed, constituting an extraordinary range of daring compositions. The author was inspired by this material and, more generally, by the surrealist spirit, to create her own graphic compositions in the service of the poem "Liberté", a masterpiece by Paul Éluard with a universal theme
The Ever-Evolving Object: The Role of ‘Incentive Aesthetics’ In Fashion Design Education
No full textThis thesis introduces and defines Incentive Aesthetics (IA) within the context of fashion design education, with a focus on sustainability and speculative design. Originally conceived to integrate technological and visual affordances into the design of luxury fashion artefacts, IA is repositioned latterly to inspire educational reform in fashion design. This research champions a paradigm shift in fashion production and consumption, advocating for a move towards conceptual and experiential engagements rather than traditional manufacturing processes. By implementing IA through a series of speculative educational projects, the study offers a platform for experimentation and discussion, aimed at enhancing sustainability awareness and critical design thinking among future fashion designers. This not only addresses the necessity for sustainable innovation within the UK fashion industry but also leverages global perspectives to enrich educational practices. The theoretical framework of this study critically examines the roles of objects and desire in fashion, supporting a novel educational approach where IA acts as a tool to integrate critical and speculative design into fashion curricula. Ultimately, this research posits that introducing IA in fashion education can empower a new generation of designers to engage creatively and critically with sustainability, thereby making a significant contribution to the evolution of the fashion industry
RaTrack: Moving Object Detection and Tracking with 4D Radar Point Cloud
Get PDFMobile autonomy relies on the precise perception of dynamic environments. Robustly tracking moving objects in 3D world thus plays a pivotal role for applications like trajectory prediction, obstacle avoidance, and path planning. While most current methods utilize LiDARs or cameras for Multiple Object Tracking (MOT), the capabilities of 4D imaging radars remain largely unexplored. Recognizing the challenges posed by radar noise and point sparsity in 4D radar data, we introduce RaTrack, an innovative solution tailored for radar-based tracking. Bypassing the typical reliance on specific object types and 3D bounding boxes, our method focuses on motion segmentation and clustering, enriched by a motion estimation module. Evaluated on the View-of-Delft dataset, RaTrack showcases superior tracking precision of moving objects, largely surpassing the performance of the state of the art. We release our code and model at https://github.com/LJacksonPan/RaTrack
Cultural Value as a Node Challenge: A Valuation Methodology Proposal
Get PDFCultural value – the way the value of culture is expressed in decision-making – is an artifact of the ongoing process of translation, and an occasional breakdown of communication, across disciplines and sectors. Cultural value is an outcome of how different stakeholders – including policymakers, arts professionals and creative practitioners – struggle to legitimate their articulations of value. Accordingly, this article approaches cultural value as a ‘node challenge’ (Kaszynska, 2018) - a practical problem of collective agency where multiple discourses collide. In response, a research underpinned, collaborative valuation methodology is proposed. The approach bridges situational analysis and mapping (Clarke, 2005) with deliberative facilitation (Elstub and Escobar, 2019) while recognizing that cultural value is a product of situated valuation (Dewey, 1939) constituted through struggle (Latour, 1987). Rather than using research to answer what cultural value is, or to critique cultural policy, research is harnessed here for the practical purpose of facilitating decision-making concerning culture
Commoning by Design Exploring the Commons to nurture organisational stewardship practices towards regenerative economics
Get PDFIn the face of converging global crises—climate change, conflict, and social injustice—the need for change has never been more urgent. Human health is intricately linked to the integrity of our planetary ecosystem. However, the dominance of neoliberal individualism and economic rationality has led to significant environmental degradation, including deforestation, pollution and biodiversity loss. The planetary challenges we face require us to rethink our design approaches to enhance systemic relationships, promote reciprocity, and acknowledge the significance of multi-species landscapes and cultural pluralities. This context underscores a critical argument: contemporary design practices that are narrowly focused on human perspectives may reinforce anthropocentric solutions, further exacerbating environmental challenges. Consequently, this thesis investigates planetary health challenges within contemporary design—approaches that prioritise relationality, planetary health, pluralities, and decentralisation—exploring the commons as a relational framework for systemic transition within a capitalist economic context.
Drawing from Elinor Ostrom's Nobel Prize-winning work on cooperative group dynamics, the research aims to broaden understanding of 'Commoning by Design' among designers and change-makers. By exploring the commons as a relational framework for system transition, the study seeks to address knowledge gaps in contemporary design practice (Working hypothesis 1), examine the limitations of neoliberal economic paradigms on designers' imagination (Working hypothesis 2), and explore the potential of commoning principles to improve collaborative governance (Working hypothesis 3). The corresponding research questions investigate how commoning—defined as the collaborative processes wherein individuals collectively manage and share resources, knowledge, and responsibilities, fostering a sense of shared ownership and sustainability—can fill information gaps, shift design towards a regenerative paradigm, and inform the creation of stewardship practices. Notably, this research contributes to the design and commons-based discourse by emphasising the unique application of commonstheories and practices within a capitalist context, particularly in relation to transitioning towards regenerative economics.
The initial stage of the research involved exploring literature across design theory, systems theory, posthumanism, the commons and economic theory. The objective was to identify a theoretical framework that incorporates the research aim, working hypotheses, and research questions. A scoping review informed the empirical research design, ensuring real-world relevance. This process resulted in a preliminary outline for applying commoning principles to contemporary design. Moving to the third stage, practice-based research focused on an organisational ethnographic case study within a global sportswear manufacturer, investigating how commoning principles could advance service design practices within existing organisations. In the final reflection stage, the case study findings were evaluated in relation to the working hypotheses and research questions, resulting in the creation of 'Commoning by Design' artefacts. This assessment aimed to determine the potential effectiveness of applying commoning in contemporary design practice as a relational framework for planetary health. The discussion that followed explored a tiered approach to economic implementation and delved into the potential risks of co-optation.
The thesis results in the development of practical resources—a commoning compass, canvas and a set of commoning cards—intended to guide the design community in creating collaborative infrastructures rooted in planetary health. Three pivotal findings emerged from the study. First, commoning uncovers hidden, complex elements within systems, contributing to the resolution of knowledge and information gaps. Second, commoning inspires redesigning design, prompting reflections on systems that involve both human and non-human entities. Third, commoning provides a set of heuristics that empower designers to shift focus from creating solutions to designing conditions for improved stewardship practices. It is argued that embracing the commons within contemporary design can challenge our prevailing neoliberal paradigm, urging designers to prioritise collaboration, shared ownership and community wellbeing over profit-driven, individualistic models.
While design practice can draw inspiration from the commons, the research found it is crucial to recognise that commoning itself requires intentional design, too. Deliberate acts of commoning can be realised through creative and participatory design activities within current economic structures, ensuring that key principles are integrated into the development of innovative solutions. For design practitioners and researchers, the significance of this research lies in leveraging the commons as a heuristic, guiding design towards collaborative infrastructures and ‘ready-ing’ change. Common scholars can appreciate how creative design practices support the proactive implementation of commoning principles when developing new approaches to address planetary health. While the analysis acknowledged possible limitations of the commoning framework within the context of current economic structures, the findings pave the way for future research exploring the intersection of design practice and the commons as a strategy for social transformation and sustainable living within the Earth's biophysical limits
Not Silencing. Im Heung-soon’s Cambodia
Get PDFIn ‘Not Silencing: Im Heung-soon’s Cambodia’, Adeena Mey reflects on the political and pedagogical significance of Im Heung-soon’s documentary Factory Complex (2014–15), underscoring how the film reveals transnational dimensions of labour exploitation, linking struggles of South Korean and Cambodian women workers while resisting Western-centric narratives. Read against the British documentary A Cambodian Spring (2017), Im’s work emerges as a more critical practice of representation, granting agency to marginalised voices and situating labour within wider socio-political contexts
Tiputini: Sampling the Jungle
No full textA video essay that delves into the evolving soundscape of the Ecuadorian rainforest. This audiovisual piece stands at the intersection of documentary and sound art, weaving together raw field recordings with compositions derived from the natural acoustics of the jungle. The work is both an exploration and a response to the pressing environmental issues facing the Amazon, such as fossil fuel extraction and climate change, through the lens of innovative sound art practices. It challenges traditional narratives by presenting the jungle not just as a site of biodiversity but as a dynamic and rich soundscape. This submission aims to contribute to the dialogue on how field recordings can be utilized beyond sound art, engaging with themes of human/nonhuman relationships, technological advancements in recording, and the ethical considerations of representing natural and anthropogenic sounds. Tiputini: Sampling the Jungle offers a unique auditory insight into the Amazon, inviting listeners to rethink their relationship with nature and the role of sound in understanding and documenting environmental changes