Elisava, Design2context (eds.)

Design in Question

In 2009, Ruedi Baur, Design2context, and the renowned Elisava School of Design in Barcelona launched a call for “Questions on Design” in order to create a typographical wall in the entrance area of Elisava. About a hundred persons from all over the world, designers as well as students, took part in the exercise. As of today, more than 700 questions have been gathered and put onto the wall. Among them, Vera Kockot and Ruedi Baur have selected the wittiest questions for this publication. They scrutinize different facets of design which are currently relevant in diverse fields, such as the natural sciences and society as a whole. A text explains the idea and the realization of the project.

In 2009, Ruedi Baur, Design2context, and the renowned Elisava School of Design in Barcelona launched a call for “Questions on Design” in order to create a typographical wall in the entrance area of Elisava. About a hundred persons from all over the world, designers as well as students, took part in the exercise. As of today, more than 700 questions have been gathered and put onto the wall. Among them, Vera Kockot and Ruedi Baur have selected the wittiest questions for this publication. They scrutinize different facets of design which are currently relevant in diverse fields, such as the natural sciences and society as a whole. A text explains the idea and the realization of the project.

Edited by Elisava, Design2context

Design: Integral Ruedi Baur

7,4 x 10,5 cm, 3 x 4 in

384 pages, 15 illustrations

hardback

2012, 978-3-03778-280-4, English
CHF 20.00

Ruedi Baur

Ruedi Baur investigates concrete design issues in social contexts, focusing on the development of a comprehensive design approach. In practice, research and teaching, he focuses on orientation, identification, presentation and comprehensibility of complexity. He has developed internationally recognized projects with Intégral Ruedi Baur, now Integral Designers, 10-Milliards-Humains and Civic city. He is professor at the School of Art and Design, HEAD – Geneva, the ENSAD École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, Paris and the University of Strasbourg.