18:00 – 21:00
Grymsdyke Farm, Lacey Green HP27 0RB United Kingdom
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This talk by Rujana Rebernjak will explore the idea of failure in design by looking at objects, tools, technologies that break down, malfunction or refuse to ‘preform’ in the way we expect them to. Its object of interest are examples from everyday life, iconic design projects and fictional items, through which to unpick the question of whether and to what extent objects and materials have agency. What happens when objects ‘misbehave’? And what does that tell us about design as a process, rather than a final outcome? This talk will try to examine those themes through the lens of storytelling, asking how we can understand design through stories of its ‘failure’, fictional or otherwise.

Dr Rujana Rebernjak is a design historian focused on socially and politically engaged design, particularly in socialist Yugoslavia. Her research explores self-management systems and their materialisation through objects, spaces and technologies. She is Senior Lecturer at LCC, UAL, and holds a PhD from the V&A/RCA.