Transforming practices

TransFabriC - Institute of Circular Transfabrication materializes the ambition of the National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts to accompany the development of social and citizen practices for the emergence of a social, solidarity and circular economy (SSCE). The aim is to create an operating eco-system, training courses and a research program, together capable of bringing about the emergence of an ESSC that meets the historical missions of the CNAM. Eco-system Create places where material transformation practices can be shared (in companies, workshops, fablabs, labs, recycling centres, etc.) Enable the transformation of materials Unite ESSC participants by creating an interface between the higher education sector and the socio-economic world Education Acculturating to practices related to l'ESSC, for all audiences Training for the professions related to ESSC and to the transformation of matter Training for the challenges of citizen recycling Building a community of learners and contributors Research Characterising the social and ecological dimensions of appropriation in everyday life Contribute to the transforming practices related to the ESSC Designing devices for the integration of civic creativity at ESSC projects 01 December 2022 2022-12-01T13:38:26+02:00

projects 26 April 2020 2020-04-26T13:38:26+02:00 Transforming Practices (TP) considers the transformations of our societies, dealing with major societal issues, local challenges for social resilience, or everyday activities, as well as their interrelations. Envisioning transformative practices, we question through designing the how, who, why and what of design for these major societal issues.

How would our world look like 20, 30, 40 or 50 years from now? Will we monitor each individual on the planet to live a low-risk life? Will we replace organs, eyes, or other parts of our body with artificial alternatives? Will we upload our brains and live on a server? Or do we seek ways to embrace a life more related to mother earth? In this Design Fiction project, several potential healthcare futures are explored. The project is a collaboration between Philips Design, Eindhoven University of Technology, Design Academy Eindhoven, and Frank Kolkman. When designing and developing for an audience, as was done in this project, a wide range of different opinions have to be dealt with. A well-known example are robots and Artificial intelligence (AI). Some people only see the positive side and potentials: what if robots could take over all our work so we have full-time vacation? Others only see the downsides and risks: what if robots become smarter than people and start attacking us? Either way, the truth will be somewhere in the middle, but it is very important to capture such opinions and discover what society thinks of current developments. The goal of this project was to do exactly that by developing design probes for four potential healthcare futures – based on a framework by Philips Design – and exhibiting them during the Dutch Design Week (DDW) and within Philips to provoke a debate. During the first part of the project, four teams each developed a design probe for one of the potential futures, which were exhibited at the Dutch Design Week. The project was continued within another team and a fifth probe was designed based on the insights gathered at the DDW. This time, the focus was laid on preventive healthcare in the present time, which led to the design of a fictive device that helps parents to monitor their baby’s health and aids them in growing a healthy child. projects 03 September 2019 2019-09-03T16:27:15+02:00 In this Design Fiction project, several potential healthcare futures are explored in a collaboration between Philips Design, Eindhoven University of Technology, Design Academy Eindhoven, and Frank Kolkman.