The lecture will be followed by a Q&A. Open to all — register now to reserve your spot!

𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒔 by Agustina Woodgate
Thursday, April 10
19h00–20h30 (Walk-in 18h45)
Witte Dame Zaal, 5th Floor of DAE

Register: designacademyeindhoven.artsvp.com/fb8b5a

Design: Marie-Luise Charlotte Weier

In this talk, Agustina will unpack the invisible forces regulating our environments and share how practitioners can intervene, disrupt, and build alternative systems of value, resource management, and information distribution.

Agustina’s work investigates the hidden systems and infrastructures that shape our world — from water networks and currency to radio waves and public space. Through poetic interventions and experimental infrastructures, she exposes the politics and art and design can be tools for reimagining them.

Join us at Villa Bagatti Valsecchi, Alcova Milano (April 7–10), and for ‘New Craftsmanship: A New World’ at SaloneSatellite (April 8–13).

Learn more: www.designacademy.nl/page/8039/ar...

Through these events, we continues challenging conventional design practices, with a critical discourse, and pushing the boundaries of material experimentation and social innovation.

Each session provides an opportunity for audience engagement, encouraging discussions on how design can drive innovation and systemic change.

- Political Bodies (April 10): Discussing how design can challenge societal biases and reframe social rituals, with speakers Studio Folder, Marco Ferrari, Miriam Daxl, and Gabriel Fontana.

- Planetary Agency (April 9): Examining design’s role in planetary systems and the potential of experimental practices, with contributions from Daniel van der Velden (Metahaven), Anna Favaretto and Max Fraser.

- Cultural Ecology (April 8): Investigating whether sustainability is possible without disrupting economic structures, featuring a keynote by Prof. Dr. Michael Braungart and insights from joseph grima and Martina Muzi.

- Material Culture (April 7): Exploring the ethics of material use in a world of scarcity and inequality. Speakers include Afaina de Jong, Dace Sūna, and Sade Linda Ekwedike.