Design Activism/2018/9 min/Reel № 18.001
BySimon Dogger
The fascinating way blind designer Simon Dogger is able to feel the emotions of others
Embrace the Unknown/Recorded 2018
A close reading, kept within reach.
Simon Dogger takes design activism as a lens on the larger question the festival keeps returning to: what design owes to the people and places it works among. The talk moves from specific projects toward a broader argument about practice.
Recorded in Netherlands in 2018, the conversation is grounded in Simon's own working method — the compromises, the constraints, and the moments where the work taught them something they didn't expect.
The closing turn is characteristic of the archive: less a conclusion than a provocation, handed to the audience to carry into their own disciplines.
The Design Indaba speaker began his 2018 Design Talk by giving the audience a listen into the life of a visually impaired designer.
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