design IV space

designIVspace

designIVspace offers a critical look at the relationship between design and the human condition through digital curation. Design is everywhere and in everything — from the systems used to have safe drinking water like the Catskill System , to the phone app Yo . Specific examples of design and material culture — from areas ranging from craft to mass production, institutional architecture within the cityscape to domestic interiors, way-finding to transportation, fashion to toys, books to textiles, and from ceremony to medical technology — are explored here. Consistently reflecting upon the impact of design on the planet as a whole, presently and in the future, the entire life of design, its cradle to cradle, is also examined.

designIVspace is interested in the genesis and global transmission of ubiquitous things and the design that surrounds their use in order to examine the shared connections between people throughout various times, geographic locations, and socio/economic/political systems. designIVspace looks to design to engage in the dialogue around the two following questions: What unifies us as humans? What does it mean to be human?

DIVS: Children’s Space

DIVS: Children’s Space is content including activities, projects, events, and books that is developed specifically for children to explore design. When the image of the blocks above is seen on designIVspace, it indicates that the content is especially designed for children.