Design, de-sign and social justice

A talk by Dr Soheil Ashrafi, from Raffles College. Dr Ashrafi argues that design is morally obliged to partake in social justice discourse and social justice is ontologically bound up with design. Considering design as a mode of being rooted in the ontological essence of human, it can be characterised as forming an integral part of social justice theory.

Location: Elwyn Lynn Conference Centre, UNSW Art & Design, Paddington Campus
 

Image: Ashrafi, bilingual installation featuring the word 'Equal' in English and Farsi simultaneously, 2013, COFA Space