#discoveringhow ebbf podcast – design processes enacting social and organisational transformat
- sjoerdluteyn
- Aug 21, 2018
- 1 min read
Updated: May 4, 2021
How can design processes enact social and organizational transformation? #ebbfmembers Stephanie Hughes and Lena Hercberga share their views in Episode 17 of ebbf's #discoveringhow podcast : Listen here>
Today, we’re discovering more about design processes that enact social and organizational transformation. Stephanie Akkaoui-Hughes utilizes her work as an architect to promote a variety of ongoing and adaptable human interactions. She practices architecture in a way that promotes social transformation by deliberately creating incompleteness, impermanence and imperfection to invite collaborative participation of people. The design process she uses can be adapted to create anything transformative.
But first, Jelena Hercberga is a Ph.D. researcher at the University of Bristol in the UK. Her work focuses on perceptions of difference contributing to the larger question of how society can organize itself to embrace ongoing encounters with difference. She says an organization or individual doesn’t gain self understanding only by knowing oneself. Rather, the greatest self knowledge comes from deliberately interacting with those who are different than we are in some way. She also believes that goals like justice or diversity must be redefined as we progress and are never fully completed.
"Design Processes Enacting Social and Organizational Transformation" is a highly thought-provoking episode that emphasizes how design is about more than simply aesthetics; it's also about promoting inclusiveness and change. This conversation makes me realize how crucial it is to collaborate with designers who embrace imperfection, flexibility, and teamwork as I look for design companies near me. Even while a brand or area may appear well-designed, its impact is greatly increased when it also encourages participation and changes with the community. I appreciate Stephanie Akkaoui-Hughes and Jelena Hercberga expressing their perspectives; they have motivated me to look out nearby design companies that uphold these principles.