{"id":100231171,"date":"2025-06-16T13:53:35","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T11:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fh-joanneum.at\/?post_type=project&p=100231171"},"modified":"2025-06-16T14:04:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T12:04:33","slug":"international-design-week-2025","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/www.fh-joanneum.at\/en\/project\/international-design-week-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"International Design Week 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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From May 12 to 16, 2025, the 4th edition of the\u00a0International Design Week<\/span><\/a>\u00a0took place at the Institute of Design & Communication in cooperation with\u00a0<\/span>Design Month Graz<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Building on the success of our previous themes – “The Prepper,” “mutate or mute,” and “Design Science F®ictions” – we now delved into the complex layers of “unCOMMON underGROUND.”<\/b> With 16 workshops led by 22 international guests from our esteemed global network of partner universities, the week promised an intensive exploration of the intersections between design, politics, communication, media ethics, and cultural exchange.<\/p>\n

The theme “unCOMMON underGROUND”<\/b> played with the concept of finding and negotiating “common ground,” as we ventured into the literal and metaphorical undergrounds of social movements, hidden narratives, and emerging ethics.<\/p>\n

We aimed to demonstrate how design engages with the unknown and the unconventional, creating space for resistance, peacebuilding, and the subversion of disinformation. Our focus extended to the ethical dilemmas and creative potential found beneath mainstream discourse and beyond conventional ideas.<\/p>\n

Throughout the week, transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary collaboration was at the core. We welcomed bachelor’s and master’s students from all design fields, as well as participants from international partner universities, to take part in hands-on, cross-media workshops. Together, we explored the “unCOMMON underGROUND” and redefined our collective creative landscape.<\/p>\n

In addition to the engaging workshops, the program was enriched by daily, inspiring lightning talks. The grand finale was held on Friday with the final presentation of the workshop results in the Audimax of FH JOANNEUM. Once again, the event was a resounding success!<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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List of offered workshops:<\/h3>\n

WS#1 Inner Underground
\n<\/strong>Alexander Asatiani
\nProfessor, Media Arts Department, Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, GEO<\/p>\n

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 #2 The Art Student Survival Guide
\n<\/strong>Nicolas Belayew & Simon Brunfaut
\nProfessors, ESA Ecole supérieure des Arts Saint-Luc de Bruxelles, BEL<\/p>\n

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WS#3 Unobvious Sound Narratives: Selected Issues of Developing Music for Film
\n<\/strong>Katarzyna Figat
\nAssistant Professor, Department of Sound Engineering, The Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz, POL<\/p>\n

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WS#4 Reversing Common Narratives<\/strong>
\nDomen Fras
\nHead of Department of Visual Communication Design, University of Ljubljana Academy of Fine Arts and Design, SVN<\/p>\n

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WS#5 Everyday Assemblages: Uncommon Connections
\n<\/strong>Antti Heinonen & Hanna Heinonen
\nSenior Lecturer, Digital Experience Design, LAB University of Applied Science & Lecturer, Faculty of Art and Design, University of Lapland, FIN<\/p>\n

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WS#6 Bringing the Abstract to Life – Beyond Data Visualization
\n<\/strong>Eva-Maria Heinrich
\nProfessor, Department of Architecture and Design, HTWG Konstanz University of Applied Sciences, GER<\/p>\n

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WS#7 Life’s a Glitch
\n<\/strong>Adi Karelitz
\nSenior Lecturer, Faculty of Design, Holon Institute of Technology, ISR<\/p>\n

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WS#8 The Lost Data Resistance
\n<\/strong>Melani Lleonart Garcia & Álvaro Sanchis Gandia
\nProfessors, Painting Department, Universitat Politècnica de València, ESP<\/p>\n

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WS#9 CommuNation Bound – Designing micronations of new relations
\n<\/strong>Emilio Lonardo
\nLecturer, Design Department, Politecnico di Milano, ITA<\/p>\n

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WS#10 Design and Culture: Unearthing Unity in Diversity through Design Expressions for Cultural Exchange
\n<\/strong>Moses Lugonvu
\nLecturer, School of Commercial, Industrial Art and Design, Nkumba University, UGA<\/p>\n

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WS#11 Challenging the unCOMMON through immersive storytelling<\/strong>
\nMina Mani & Niklas Rönnberg
\nLecturer\/Researcher, Department of Science and Technology & Senior Associate Professor, Division for Media and Information Technology, Linköping University, SWE<\/p>\n

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 WS#12 UNCOMMON CREATURES<\/strong>
\nCarla Molins-Pitarch
\nLecturer & Researcher, Digital Design and Multimedia Technologies (CITM), UPC BarcelonaTech, ESP<\/p>\n

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WS#13 Edible Codes: Deciphering Food as a Medium of Communication<\/strong>
\nLiron Tzanhany
\nAdjunct Lecturer, Faculty of Industrial\/Product Design, Holon Institute of Technology, ISR<\/p>\n

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WS#14 SOCIAL VISUAL. Research project.<\/strong>
\nOleg Veklenko & Nadiia Velychko
\nProfessor & Senior Lecturer, Department of Graphic Design, Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts, UKR<\/p>\n

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WS#15 Political Narratives, Silkscreen Workshop<\/strong>
\nLars Harmsen & Markus Lange
\nProfessors, Design Faculties, FH Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts & TH Nuremberg, GER<\/p>\n

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WS#16 Political Narratives Through Live Projections<\/strong>
\nRoger Walk
\nProfessor, Design Faculty, FH Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts, GER<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n