STICKY DATA. LOOPING STREAMS OF MY (DATAFIED) SELF
2021
Type:
Essay
With:
Alex Foradori
Published by:
Valiz, Amsterdam
Editors:
Louise Schouwenberg and Michael Kaethler
Design:
Irene Stracuzzi
Links:
︎︎︎ The Auto-Ethnographic Turn in Design
︎︎︎ Full text
Commissioned essay featured in 'The Auto-Ethnographic Turn in Design,' edited by Louise Schouwenberg and Michael Kaethler, published by Valiz. This piece delves into my design practice, contributing to a broader discussion on auto-ethnography in design.
‘The Auto-Ethnographic Turn in Design is emerging from a growing recognition of design’s capacity to make sense of one’s world while at the same time to express and convey this personal insight or knowledge through rich, layered, and ultimately meaningful processes or objects. Auto-ethnographic design seeks to come to terms with one’s context and self—as well as the materiality that mediates these two. In doing so, it offers a vision of design that is free of commercial commissions, assumed users’ needs, or
well-intentioned do-goodism, and reveals a sincerity and genuine commitment in the process of design that is too often missing.’
‘The Auto-Ethnographic Turn in Design is emerging from a growing recognition of design’s capacity to make sense of one’s world while at the same time to express and convey this personal insight or knowledge through rich, layered, and ultimately meaningful processes or objects. Auto-ethnographic design seeks to come to terms with one’s context and self—as well as the materiality that mediates these two. In doing so, it offers a vision of design that is free of commercial commissions, assumed users’ needs, or
well-intentioned do-goodism, and reveals a sincerity and genuine commitment in the process of design that is too often missing.’