The scarcity of resources, climate change, and the digitalization of everyday life are fuelling the economy of swapping, sharing, and lending—all of which are in some way linked to a culture of commoning. In this context, we understand commons as community-based processes that use, collectively manage, and organize generally accessible resources—referring to both goods and knowledge. Commons in Design explores the meaning and impact of commons—especially knowledge-based peer commons—and acts of commoning in design. It discusses networked, participatory, and open procedures based on the commons and commoning, testing models that negotiate the use of commons within design processes. In doing so, it critically engages with questions regarding designers’ positionings, everyday practices, self-understandings, ways of working, and approaches to education
About the Editor
Dr. Christine Schranz holds a doctorate in theater, film and media studies from the University of Vienna and a diploma in visual communication from the Zurich Academy of Art and Design (now Zurich University of the Arts). She has been working for the FHNW Academy of Art and Design since 2015: From 2020 to 2021 she was interim director of the Institute for Integrative Design | Master Studio Design; from 2016 to 2020 she was a member of the management team at the Institute for Integrative Design | Master Studio Design and from 2015 to 2020 she was senior researcher at the Institute for Experimental Design and Media Cultures. She has a broad knowledge of design strategies and methodology, teaches her subject at art schools in Switzerland and abroad and regularly publishes on design topics.
About the Publisher
Valiz is an independent international publisher on contemporary art, theory, critique, design and urban affairs. Our books offer critical reflection, interdisciplinary inspiration, and often establish a connection between cultural disciplines and socio-political questions. We publish these books out of our commitment to their content, to artistic and social issues and to the artists, designers and authors.
Apart from publishing Valiz organizes lectures, debates and other cultural projects in which certain topics in contemporary art are explored.
