Die 20. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Designtheorie und -Forschung (DGTF) im April 2024 stand unter dem Titel 'Design als Wagnis – Risiken und Nebenwirkungen der Gestaltung'. Sie reflektierte über die Rolle von Designer:innen angesichts gesellschaftlicher, politischer und ökologischer Herausforderungen. Zentrale Diskussionspunkte waren die Wirkungsmacht des Designs sowie die Notwendigkeit einer systematischen Wirkungsmessung und Folgenabschätzung. Der Konferenzband “What could possibly go wrong?” beleuchtet die Spannung, die mit der Frage nach der Wirkung im Design einhergeht: Einerseits wird Design als potenzieller Hoffnungsträger gesehen, um eine nachhaltige, gesellschaftliche Transformationen anzustoßen. Andererseits wird der Umgang mit Ressourcen, Produktionsketten oder Erkenntnissen, die im Forschungsprozess gewonnen werden, kritisch hinterfragt, insbesondere in Bezug auf mögliche negative Auswirkungen und Abhängigkeiten und die Reproduktion von Machtstrukturen. Die Publikation kartiert aktuelle Forschungsansätze in der Designforschung, mit der Zielsetzung, die Wirkungsbezüge in Designprozessen, Methodenansätzen und Theoriebildung greifbar zu machen. Die Modellbildung innerhalb der Designforschung steht dahin gehend noch am Anfang, während in den Nachhaltigkeits-, Sozial- und Ingenieurswissenschaften bereits etablierte Modelle existieren. Daher wird die Frage aufgeworfen, wie die Wirkung von Design gemessen werden kann, sowohl in Bezug auf soziale Innovationen und gesellschaftliche Interventionen als auch im Kontext von produzierenden Unternehmen. Der Konferenzband thematisiert erste Ansätze, reflektiert die Rolle von Design in inter- und transdisziplinären Forschungs- und Praxiskooperationen und zeigt dabei die Grenzen und Herausforderungen insbesondere in Bezug auf Machtstrukturen und Ausschlüsse. Die 24 Beiträge aus 20 peer-reviewed Artikeln und drei Visual Essays bieten vielfältige Einblicke zu den Themen Shifting Perspectives, Impact and Measurement, Power and Complicity, Design Challenges, Social Innovation, Designing Governance, Managing Risk? and Exploring the Unknown. In diesem Zusammenhang wird die Designfolgenabschätzung diskutiert sowie die Etablierung einer Fehlerkultur, die Raum bietet für Lernprozesse und unterschiedlichen Perspektiven und nicht zuletzt die Verantwortung von Designer:innen, wenn es darum geht, um soziale, ökologische und wirtschaftliche Ziele zu berücksichtigen und ungehörte Stimmen zu integrieren. Zusammenfassend reflektieren die einzelnen Beiträge über die Notwendigkeit einer kritischen Auseinandersetzung mit dem modernistischen Denken, das oft mit dem Design verbunden wird und techno-optimistische Vorstellungen von der Gestaltung einer besseren Zukunft vermittelt. Es wird angeregt, eine Perspektive einzunehmen, die die Rolle des Designs in einem komplexen Netzwerk von Akteuren und Einflüssen betrachtet und dessen Auswirkungen auf die Gesellschaft, Umwelt und Zukunft kritisch hinterfragt.:What could possibly go wrong? 6 IBACH, AUGSTEN, VOGELSANG SOCIAL INNOVATION AND DESIGN CHALLENGES Incorporate agentiality into the design process for digital pain assessment using a flexible framework instead of user requirements 24 BREUER, MÜHLENBEREND, MEISSNER, ARNOLD, BAUMBACH, WILLMANN Medical Design – Zwischen Nachhaltigkeit und Sicherheit: Entwicklung einer zellstoffbasierten, ökologischeren Gesichtsmaske 38 MOOR, EGLOFF, HÜGLI Zwischen Desinfektion und Distinktion: Zur Designgeschichte der medizinischen Schutzmaske 54 LEYSIEFFER Spekulativer Geschichtsrevisionismus 66 BOHAUMILITZKY Something Wicked This Way Comes 78 A Problematic Paradigm for Design in Times of Crisis MEHL Traversing Cognitive Spaces. Material Samples for Harnessing Tacit Knowledge 88 Workshop on Experimental Negotiation Methods (Visual Essay) EGGER, LEPENIK DESIGNING GOVERNANCE – POWER AND COMPLICITY Interfacing Natural History Museums Future avenues for Natural History Collections from an Eco-Social Design Perspective 96 HARLES Design in öko-sozialen Transformationsprozessen 108 Eine explorative Betrachtung seiner Wirkung und Wirkungsmacht FINEDER, BAEDEKER, FASTENRATH, KREMSER, LIEDTKE Tacit and Situated Knowledge 120 Co-Creation Literacy für die Anschlussfähigkeit von Gestaltungsmethoden im transdisziplinären Forschungskontext KARRENBROCK, BRENDEL, POPPLOW Sustainability by Design 134 The use of design methodologies in transferring ecological and economic theories into everyday life BRÄNDLE, JÄGER, ASSADI, SCHMEER Co-designing Participation with Young People in the Smart City 146 Learning from the Early Stages of a Co-design Process with an Overlooked Group KNABE «Wer sind wir, wenn wir gestalten?» 158 Zur Ko-Konstitution von Rollenbildern im Design ERNST Ethik, Werte, Utopien 170 zum Werkzeugcharakter des Gestalterischen für Fragen nach der Zukunft (Visual Essay) UNGER-BÜTTNER, KNAPP, KINTSCHER-SCHMIDT, ECKSTEIN, LIPPERT IMPACT AND MEASUREMENT – MANAGING RISK? Designbasierte Aufstellung als emotionales Wagnis 180 Wie Gestaltung organisationale Transformationsprozesse in Bewegung bringt LUMER, SEEWALD, ZETTL, TRÜBSWETTER Wirtschaft und Nachhaltigkeit als Zielkonflikt bei der Entwicklung zirkulärer Textilien 188 Ein Beispiel aus der angewandten Designforschung TOMOVIC, HÜGLI Jenseits der Paralyse 206 Designlehre zwischen Dringlichkeit und Exploration SAMETINGER, RITZMANN If all is designed, why aren’t we done yet? 220 PLAISIER Design und Kontingenz 230 Was leisten sozialkonstruktivistische Perspektiven für Theorie und Praxis? EBERT Taking design’s impact for a walk 240 A roving panel in the Roterwald (Visual Essay) GASPAR MALLOL, MELTZER SHIFTING PERSPEKTIVES – EXPLORING THE UNKOWN The Ecological Self 254 Exploring Relational Ontologies through Design WEIGAND Multispecies ways of knowing 262 How to bring Multispecies Design into practice HARLES Medien*ökologische Gestaltungsprinzipien für eine bio*inklusive Lebensraumgestaltung 274 GERLOFF, TORPUS, KÜFFER, AMBERG, SPINDLER, SCHAUER, KÜRY Untangling More-Than-Human Design Words and Worlds 288 Cautionary Insights and Considerations LÓPEZ BARBERA / The 20th annual conference of the German Society for Design Theory and Research (DGTF) in April 2024 was entitled 'Design as a risk - risks and side effects of design'. It reflected the role of designers in the face of social, political, and ecological challenges. Central discussion points were the power of design and the need for systematic impact measurement and impact assessment. The conference proceedings 'What could possibly go wrong?' shed light on the tension that goes hand in hand with the question of impact in design: on the one hand, design is seen as a potential beacon of hope for initiating sustainable, social transformations. On the other hand, handling resources, production chains, or knowledge gained in the research process is critically scrutinized, especially concerning possible negative effects and dependencies and the reproduction of power structures. The publication maps current research approaches in design research intending to make the impact relationships in design processes, methodological approaches, and theory formation tangible. In this respect, modelling within design research is still in its infancy, while established models already exist in the sustainability, social, and engineering sciences. This raises the question of how the impact of design can be measured, both concerning social innovations and social interventions, as well as in the context of manufacturing companies. The conference volume addresses initial approaches, reflects on the role of design in inter- and transdisciplinary research and practice collaborations, and shows the limits and challenges, particularly regarding power structures and exclusions. The 24 contributions from 21 peer-reviewed articles and three visual essays offer diverse insights into Shifting Perspectives, Impact and Measurement, Power and Complicity, Design Challenges, Social Innovation, Designing Governance, Managing Risk? and Exploring the Unknown. In this context, design impact assessment is discussed as well as the establishment of a culture of error that offers space for learning processes and different perspectives and, finally, the responsibility of designers when taking social, ecological, and economic goals into account and integrating unheard voices. The individual contributions reflect the need for a critical examination of modernist thinking, which is often associated with design and conveys techno-optimistic ideas of shaping a better future. It is encouraged to adopt a perspective that considers the role of design in a complex network of actors and influences and critically scrutinizes its impact on society, the environment, and the future.:What could possibly go wrong? 6 IBACH, AUGSTEN, VOGELSANG SOCIAL INNOVATION AND DESIGN CHALLENGES Incorporate agentiality into the design process for digital pain assessment using a flexible framework instead of user requirements 24 BREUER, MÜHLENBEREND, MEISSNER, ARNOLD, BAUMBACH, WILLMANN Medical Design – Zwischen Nachhaltigkeit und Sicherheit: Entwicklung einer zellstoffbasierten, ökologischeren Gesichtsmaske 38 MOOR, EGLOFF, HÜGLI Zwischen Desinfektion und Distinktion: Zur Designgeschichte der medizinischen Schutzmaske 54 LEYSIEFFER Spekulativer Geschichtsrevisionismus 66 BOHAUMILITZKY Something Wicked This Way Comes 78 A Problematic Paradigm for Design in Times of Crisis MEHL Traversing Cognitive Spaces. Material Samples for Harnessing Tacit Knowledge 88 Workshop on Experimental Negotiation Methods (Visual Essay) EGGER, LEPENIK DESIGNING GOVERNANCE – POWER AND COMPLICITY Interfacing Natural History Museums Future avenues for Natural History Collections from an Eco-Social Design Perspective 96 HARLES Design in öko-sozialen Transformationsprozessen 108 Eine explorative Betrachtung seiner Wirkung und Wirkungsmacht FINEDER, BAEDEKER, FASTENRATH, KREMSER, LIEDTKE Tacit and Situated Knowledge 120 Co-Creation Literacy für die Anschlussfähigkeit von Gestaltungsmethoden im transdisziplinären Forschungskontext KARRENBROCK, BRENDEL, POPPLOW Sustainability by Design 134 The use of design methodologies in transferring ecological and economic theories into everyday life BRÄNDLE, JÄGER, ASSADI, SCHMEER Co-designing Participation with Young People in the Smart City 146 Learning from the Early Stages of a Co-design Process with an Overlooked Group KNABE «Wer sind wir, wenn wir gestalten?» 158 Zur Ko-Konstitution von Rollenbildern im Design ERNST Ethik, Werte, Utopien 170 zum Werkzeugcharakter des Gestalterischen für Fragen nach der Zukunft (Visual Essay) UNGER-BÜTTNER, KNAPP, KINTSCHER-SCHMIDT, ECKSTEIN, LIPPERT IMPACT AND MEASUREMENT – MANAGING RISK? Designbasierte Aufstellung als emotionales Wagnis 180 Wie Gestaltung organisationale Transformationsprozesse in Bewegung bringt LUMER, SEEWALD, ZETTL, TRÜBSWETTER Wirtschaft und Nachhaltigkeit als Zielkonflikt bei der Entwicklung zirkulärer Textilien 188 Ein Beispiel aus der angewandten Designforschung TOMOVIC, HÜGLI Jenseits der Paralyse 206 Designlehre zwischen Dringlichkeit und Exploration SAMETINGER, RITZMANN If all is designed, why aren’t we done yet? 220 PLAISIER Design und Kontingenz 230 Was leisten sozialkonstruktivistische Perspektiven für Theorie und Praxis? EBERT Taking design’s impact for a walk 240 A roving panel in the Roterwald (Visual Essay) GASPAR MALLOL, MELTZER SHIFTING PERSPEKTIVES – EXPLORING THE UNKOWN The Ecological Self 254 Exploring Relational Ontologies through Design WEIGAND Multispecies ways of knowing 262 How to bring Multispecies Design into practice HARLES Medien*ökologische Gestaltungsprinzipien für eine bio*inklusive Lebensraumgestaltung 274 GERLOFF, TORPUS, KÜFFER, AMBERG, SPINDLER, SCHAUER, KÜRY Untangling More-Than-Human Design Words and Worlds 288 Cautionary Insights and Considerations LÓPEZ BARBERA

Le ksar (pluriel 'ksour'), cet espace architectural et patrimonial propre à la culture berbère (amazigh), était destiné autrefois à emmagasiner les biens et les réserves de provisions des tribus semi-nomades du Sud-tunisien qui en étaient propriétaires. Avec le temps et le passage à la modernité, il s’est produit un glissement de valeurs et de significations dans l’environnement social et culturel des populations établies dans ces lieux, provoquant ainsi une menace pour les ksour qui s'en sont trouvés délaissés ou abandonnés. La thèse fait l’hypothèse que le concept d’hétérotopie proposé par Michel Foucault pourrait permettre une lecture de ces sites susceptible d’ouvrir un espace de projet innovant afin de mettre en valeur les ruines des ksour derrière lesquelles, ainsi que le montre l’enquête de terrain que nous y avons conduite, se cachent des conflits institutionnels, sociaux et intergénérationnels. C’est dans une telle perspective, par la mise en œuvre d’une démarche de recherche-projet appuyée sur un projet de design d’événement qui s’est déroulé pendant quatre jours en avril 2018, que nous nous sommes employée à exploiter le gisement d’intelligence collective propre à la dynamique du système des acteurs liés à ce patrimoine archéologique et architectural délaissé et promis sinon à une simple exploitation touristico-économique. Nous croyons que par une telle approche inspirée de l’innovation sociale par le design (ou design social), il sera possible d’assurer aux ksour un avenir durable et culturellement fécond sans dénaturer leur signification et leur richesse historique, anthropologique et patrimoniale. / As an architectural and heritage space peculiar to Berber (Amazigh) culture, the ksar (plural ksour) was used in the past as a granary and storage space by its owners, the local semi-nomadic tribes of Southern Tunisia. With time and the change to modernity, a shift in the socio-cultural values and worldview of the local population led to the neglect or mere abandonment of the ksour. The thesis hypothesizes that the concept of heterotopia coined by Michel Foucault could help provide an interpretation of these sites leading to the opening of an innovative project space that would restore value to the ruins of the ksour, behind which, as highlighted by our field inquiry, there lie institutional, social, and intergenerational conflicts. It is in such prospect, through a project-grounded research approach grounded on an event design project that took place during four days in April 2018, that we ventured to capitalize upon the available collective intelligence resulting from the dynamics of the system of stakeholders connected with this archeological and architectural heritage, otherwise promised to a mere touristic-economic exploitation. We believe that such an approach, consonant with social innovation by design methodologies (or social design), will make it possible to secure a sustainable and culturally fruitful future to the ksour without compromising their historical, anthropological, and patrimonial richness and meaningfulness.

Este estudo trata de exposições de fins educativos que tenham como objetivo oferecer uma reflexão sobre design. Para tanto, importa conceber a exposição como modalidade de projeto, o que torna oportuna a fundamentação teórica em design de exposição, alternativa na área do design gráfico-ambiental. As bases conceituais do trabalho compreendem a exposição como produto que constitui variável na percepção dos visitantes. O objetivo geral é elaborar critérios projetuais a partir da análise, em três estudos, sobre as ações de organizadores e designers, com vistas à comunicação com o público. A pesquisa é de caráter exploratório, para a qual lançamos mão de entrevistas semi-estruturadas. Os casos analisados, em três cidades do país, nos anos de 2010 e 2011, revelaram que, além de contribuir para a difusão do design, estes eventos constituem modos de refletir sobre os desafios do design e o papel do designer na contemporaneidade. / This study concerns educative exhibitions that aim to offer a reflection on design. Therefore the exhibition is conceived as a design type of project, which makes timely the theoretical foundations on exhibition design, an alternative in environmental-graphic design. The conceptual basis comprehends the exhibition as a product which is a variable in the visitors’ perception. The aim is to generate project criteria throughout the analysis in three studies regarding the actions of organizers and designers, considering the communication with the audience. The research is of exploratory kind, to which we lay hold of semi-structured interviews. The cases analyzed in three Brazilian cities during the years of 2010 and 2011 revealed that, besides its contribution to the diffusion of design, these events consist ways of reflecting about the challenges of design and the designer's role in contemporary society.

Este estudo trata de exposições de fins educativos que tenham como objetivo oferecer uma reflexão sobre design. Para tanto, importa conceber a exposição como modalidade de projeto, o que torna oportuna a fundamentação teórica em design de exposição, alternativa na área do design gráfico-ambiental. As bases conceituais do trabalho compreendem a exposição como produto que constitui variável na percepção dos visitantes. O objetivo geral é elaborar critérios projetuais a partir da análise, em três estudos, sobre as ações de organizadores e designers, com vistas à comunicação com o público. A pesquisa é de caráter exploratório, para a qual lançamos mão de entrevistas semi-estruturadas. Os casos analisados, em três cidades do país, nos anos de 2010 e 2011, revelaram que, além de contribuir para a difusão do design, estes eventos constituem modos de refletir sobre os desafios do design e o papel do designer na contemporaneidade. / This study concerns educative exhibitions that aim to offer a reflection on design. Therefore the exhibition is conceived as a design type of project, which makes timely the theoretical foundations on exhibition design, an alternative in environmental-graphic design. The conceptual basis comprehends the exhibition as a product which is a variable in the visitors’ perception. The aim is to generate project criteria throughout the analysis in three studies regarding the actions of organizers and designers, considering the communication with the audience. The research is of exploratory kind, to which we lay hold of semi-structured interviews. The cases analyzed in three Brazilian cities during the years of 2010 and 2011 revealed that, besides its contribution to the diffusion of design, these events consist ways of reflecting about the challenges of design and the designer's role in contemporary society.

Este estudo trata de exposições de fins educativos que tenham como objetivo oferecer uma reflexão sobre design. Para tanto, importa conceber a exposição como modalidade de projeto, o que torna oportuna a fundamentação teórica em design de exposição, alternativa na área do design gráfico-ambiental. As bases conceituais do trabalho compreendem a exposição como produto que constitui variável na percepção dos visitantes. O objetivo geral é elaborar critérios projetuais a partir da análise, em três estudos, sobre as ações de organizadores e designers, com vistas à comunicação com o público. A pesquisa é de caráter exploratório, para a qual lançamos mão de entrevistas semi-estruturadas. Os casos analisados, em três cidades do país, nos anos de 2010 e 2011, revelaram que, além de contribuir para a difusão do design, estes eventos constituem modos de refletir sobre os desafios do design e o papel do designer na contemporaneidade. / This study concerns educative exhibitions that aim to offer a reflection on design. Therefore the exhibition is conceived as a design type of project, which makes timely the theoretical foundations on exhibition design, an alternative in environmental-graphic design. The conceptual basis comprehends the exhibition as a product which is a variable in the visitors’ perception. The aim is to generate project criteria throughout the analysis in three studies regarding the actions of organizers and designers, considering the communication with the audience. The research is of exploratory kind, to which we lay hold of semi-structured interviews. The cases analyzed in three Brazilian cities during the years of 2010 and 2011 revealed that, besides its contribution to the diffusion of design, these events consist ways of reflecting about the challenges of design and the designer's role in contemporary society.

The concept of work-life-balance has gained significant attention during the coronavirus pandemic. There are challenges in keeping solid boundaries between Danish female professionals work and private life. There have been previous studies that have demonstrated gendered roles of females that interrupt work and private life. This thesis builds on these qualitative studies. This is done by providing new insights into the challenges experienced by Danish females in balancing their work-life due to varying degrees of media dependencies when exposed to new digital practices (current pandemic). Therefore, the main research question is, “How and why do Danish female professionals experience fluid transitions between professional work and private life, with the increase of new forms of media dependencies?” The study consisted of eight semi-structured interviews with Danish female participants followed by a qualitative approach. Thoroughly employing social design in a mediatization framework, key themes in the experiences of the participants; work-life-balance, flexibility at work, virtual fatigue and self-care practices were extracted. The study also found that there are gendered roles during the coronavirus pandemic, with women shouldering a greater burden due to unpaid labour. The findings of this work provide deeper insights into the challenges females may endure during national lockdowns. It is envisioned that this work will allow for deeper reflections on the usage and consumption of digital media in keeping boundaries between work-private life. This includes Denmark and other countries. /p>

[pt] Esta pesquisa-intervenção tem como tema a etnoficção na preservação e divulgação de manifestações populares de mascarados no carnaval do estado do Rio de Janeiro. O estudo visa investigar de que forma o design pode contribuir com o método de etnoficção para mascarados no carnaval, tendo em vista a pluralidade de aspectos formais, simbólicos e performativos destas tradições mascaradas. A pesquisa parte do pressuposto de que a ficção ilustrada é uma técnica que pode divulgar de forma expressiva o levantamento documental. E tem como objetivo verificar a eficácia do uso da etnoficção ilustrada na construção de um acervo vivo sobre estas manifestações mascaradas, favorecendo a sua dimensão colaborativa e processual. As contribuições teóricas de autores da perspectiva crítica e dos Estudos Culturais Latino-americanos foram essenciais para examinar, a partir de categorias de análise no âmbito da narrativa, manifestações populares de mascarados brasileiros, e suas intermitências, tendo como foco o eixo de influências coloniais europeias para estas tradições. Além disso, o levantamento de narrativas orais e de registros fotográficos e textuais contribuíram para o entendimento dos desafios para a preservação e divulgação destas tradições mascaradas. Como proposta de intervenção no campo de pesquisa, foi desenvolvida uma narrativa ficcional ilustrada, com foco no público infanto-juvenil. A partir das dinâmicas realizadas foi possível avaliar a potência do uso de registros visuais, particularmente do desenho, como estímulo para o retorno de novos dados, viabilizando um processo de mapeamento colaborativo e participativo dessas manifestações. / [en] The theme of this intervention-research is the use of the ethnofiction method for the preservation and dissemination of popular masquerade demonstrations in Carnival celebrations all over the state of Rio de Janeiro. This research seeks to investigate how Design can contribute to the ethnofiction method for Carnival masquerades, given the aesthetic, symbolic and performative diversity of these traditions. This study is based on the assumption that illustrated fiction is a technique with potential to significantly spread the documentary survey. Therefore, this research seeks to determine the effectiveness of using illustrated ethnofictions to build a procedural and collaborative memoir archive. The theoretical contributions of authors from the critical perspective and from the Latin American Cultural Studies were essential to examine, from the narrative point of view, popular demonstrations of Brazilian masquerades, and their intermittences, focusing on the European colonial influences on these traditions. In addition, the gathering of oral narratives, and photographic and textual records helped understand the challenges for preservation and dissemination of these masked traditions. As a proposal for intervention in the research field, an illustrated fictional narrative for children and teens was developed. Based on the dynamics performed along the research, it was possible to observe how the use of drawings had an enormous potential as stimulus for the gathering of new data, enabling a collaborative and participatory mapping process of these masquerade traditions.