Social design… isn’t design always, inevitably and irrevocably social? Even in its most autonomous expressions, there is still a relation with a user, with a context. Since no single product finds its significance or raison d’être in isolation, there is always a network of social relations with the design itself and that inseparable duo of design and user (even if the latter’s role is confined to that of spectator). Just as the user has various guises (depending on the domain in which design functions), so is the network of social relations diverse as well.... more
