An excerpt from a work-in-progress article titled “From Publics to Counterpublics—Design Politics of Participation”* Design scholarship frequently concerns itself with … More
Author: Sharon Prendeville
Counter-Framing the New Economy
On April 23, 2021, I delivered a talk with my colleague Dr Pandora Syperek at the Design and Economics Unconference, on … More
Democratic Dialogues in Urban Commons
On November 27, 2020, I spoke at the RGCS-OWEE symposium ‘Embodying Ecological Stakes of Our Time’ on the urban commons … More
Counter-Framing Design
Counter-Framing Design aims to theorise the politics of design framing practice by deconstructing the ways in which design practices institutionalise … More
Seminar Series 2020: Designing the Commons
This seminar series is organised by the Institute for Design Innovation, Loughborough University London as part of the ‘Counter-Framing Design‘ … More
Commons as Infrastructure for New Economies
I am currently developing work that explores the ways in which design can be understood as a social process of … More
The last two decades have seen a variety of escalating crises globally. In this academic year we will look into … More
Design Dissonance 