This paper takes as its starting point the fact that we live in aftermath of previous making and design. For participatory design to adequately answer this aftermath, suggest building on a combination speculative approaches everyday life settings exploring practice un/making matters. The draws two cases where participants have been invited engage with recent scientific findings practices - one they explore plastic waste through composting, polluted soil plants can accumulate metals. By not...

Design is conventionally considered to be about making and creating new things. But what the converse of that process – unmaking which already exists? Researchers designers have recently started explore concept "unmaking" actively think important design issues like reuse, repair, unintended socio-ecological impacts. They also observed importance as a ubiquitous in world, its relation an ongoing dialectic continually recreates our material technological realms. Despite increasing attention...

In recent years, many have combined actor–network theory (and after) and collective design. this emerging field that we call participatory design after, proposed appropriated figurations such as networks, fluid, fire, thing meshwork. paper, argue do not only contribute to knowing the world, they also intervene in becoming of worlds. This recognition performative character figuration suggests knowledge-making world-making are inseparable, makes it very important be careful what imagine,...

This paper connects with recent movements within participatory design that move beyond democracy at work and into public engagements matters where stakes stakeholders are uncertain. is thus a shift from earlier projects identifiable were pre-condition. To enable the becoming of response-able, this argues for new space design: to material participation in yet unarticulated issues connected socio-material entanglements. stakeholder not necessarily about solving problem but sensitize oneself...

This paper engages with biodiversity loss. In particular, it focuses on observations and scientific facts: the decline of pollinators what that entails for co-living humans more-than-humans. kind work often reaches publics as thin stories limited futures. The article explores how to situate issue out-of-sync plant–pollinator relationships into thick, ongoing presents rather than a distant future is out one's own hands. done through collaborative design project experiments various formats...

We live in the aftermath of industrial design, which primarily has been guided by a focus on making new. Through project Un/Making Soil Communities, carried out where glass production left pollution soil, authors propose caring design experiments aim to foster maintenance and repair for livable worlds. In this articulation, draw democratic (Binder et al 2015), but shift from gathering around matters-of-concern (Latour 2005) matters-of-care (Puig de la Bellacasa 2017). Furthermore, also...

In this paper we propose temporary assemblies where the sharing of stories and concerns are facilitated. Possible challenges characteristics such will be discussed through project Threads -- a Mobile Sewing Circle, which is designed in order to support conversations relation everyday use ICT as well other means communication. The participants do not necessarily belong an already existing community need reach consensus. discussion focus on how design allows encourages bring past lived...

This article proposes un/making as a designerly response to urgent environmental issues. By focusing on the simultaneous constructive and destructive aspects of design, this effort attempts challenge design's dominant focus making new things. The implications potentialities are explored through inquiry into ongoing emerging ban plastic straw. Based inquiry, an approach that is driven by speculative, what if questions, informed history straw: from coming being becoming preferable now matter...

In this paper we propose temporary assemblies where the sharing of stories and concerns are facilitated. Possible challenges characteristics such will be discussed through project Threads – A Mobile Sewing Circle, which is designed in order to support conversations relation everyday use information communication technology as well other means communication. The participants do not necessarily belong an already existing community need reach a consensus. discussion focus on how design allows...

This paper discusses craft and design practices through their impact on the environment. We consider how to act concerning consequences of industry. Also, we reflect agency our field practice in changing perceive present three case studies European glass industry sites Sweden, Italy Finland, where study contamination soil with participatory, speculative methods. Through these cases, role communities ask may them responsibility, hope care. conclude by proposing locally, share make visible,...

This piece in the interactive exhibition shows a prototype of domestic plastic composting kit. More specifically it's repurposed glass jar with lid that has been cut open and replaced by metal net. Inside it common mealworms are biodegrading styrofoam. A democratic design experiment, where similar prototypes were distributed to explore how is live it, will be present this through photos. 30-minute workshop builds on experiment explores becoming stakeholders when actors issues multiple uncertain.

In light of current environmental challenges, it often seems that optimism is a required emotional state for addressing our future. This can be seen in how different technological fixes are assumed to sort futures out at the same time as requiring minimal change daily lives. Moving beyond existing high-carbon and material lives requires not only we deal with optimistic end spectrum but also envision fragile uncertain futures. response, this article proposes designerly format supporting...

In this article the exhibition Threads – a Mobile Sewing Circle is used as an example of design that travels. To tell story how travels we use concepts immutable mobile (Latour 1990) and fluidity (de Laet Mol 2000) invite us to think standardisation stability on one hand changes adaptability other. Since continuously assembled, disassembled reassembled in different contexts by actors, argue needs be able deal with local conditions cannot strive for sense ‘no change’. On contrary, dependent...

The article engages with the politics of inviting by proposing a shift in what we invite to, and when. Rather than stakeholders to participate design projects before use, argues for value participants take part co-articulations issues that arise course ongoing living technologies. Based on two public engagement projects, it is shown how emerge through combination invitations responses participants. When issue emerges more inventively usually when assumptions enacted do not fit well live