TRISTES POR DISEÑO – Las redes sociales como ideología

In Geert, by Geert Lovink, September 18, 2019

I am proud to announce the release of the Spanish translation of my latest book Sad by Design (Pluto Press, 2019), published in Bilbao by Consonni. The book was translated…

4 European Travel Support Grants to MoneyLab #7 Outside of Finance

In MoneyLab, by Inte Gloerich, September 18, 2019

Apply before Monday September 23, 8pm CET.

Entreprecariat (Onomatopee) out soon!

In ENTREPRECARIAT, by Silvio Lorusso, September 16, 2019

Entrepreneur or precarious worker? These are the terms of a cognitive dissonance that turns everyone’s life into a shaky project in perennial start-up phase. Silvio Lorusso guides us through the…

German Sad by Design Edition: Digitaler Nihilismus

In Geert, by Geert Lovink, September 11, 2019

The German translation of Sad by Design (Pluto Press) just came out: https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-4975-8/digitaler-nihilismus/ Geert Lovink, Digitaler Nihilismus, Thesen zur dunklen Seite der Plattformen, Transcript Verlag, Bielefeld, 2019. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram,…

MoneyLab #7 and Josephine Wolff

In MoneyLab, by Maisa Imamovic, September 5, 2019

*Commercial in “Steal this show” podcast is asking: Is your internet usage safe?* Now on with the show called: “You’ll see this message when it is too late” This title…

On the Playful Veneer of Onlife

In ENTREPRECARIAT, by Silvio Lorusso, August 23, 2019

Cover image of "Humans of Flat Design" Twitter account For an upcoming project, designer Annett Höland asked me to react to a passage taken from Vilém Flusser's essay on "the…

New Formats for Online and Hybrid Quality Content: Best Practices /end

In Making Public, by Miriam Rasch, July 9, 2019

The last in our series reviewing best practices for publishing research information for a broad audience focuses on formats. Which experimental formats pushing quality are noteworthy? Of course, this is…

Chants from the Urgent Publishing Survey

In Making Public, by Sepp Eckenhaussen, July 3, 2019

Where do we read? On the phone! What do we read? Specific recommendations! How much do we read? An hour per day! How do we read? Together <3 On the…

Relearn 2019

In Institute of Network Cultures, by Donato Spinelli, June 27, 2019

Relearn is a collective learning experiment and also a summer school that addressed to students, artists, teachers from all backgrounds and disciplines. The 2019 edition took place at Varia in…

Hacking Capitalist Realism: on serendipity, social innovation and emancipatory politics – Interview with Sebastian Olma

In Institute of Network Cultures, by Luca Recano, June 24, 2019

14/05/2019 - Luca Recano and Sebastian Olma   Sebastian Olma is Professor in "Autonomy in Art, Design & Technology" at "Avans" University of Applied Sciences in Breda and Den Bosch…