Philosophy of design (lecture)
Description
We hereby cordially invite you to the fourth meeting of our new lecture season and of our department.
Speaker will be Prof Marc de Vries, associate professor of philosophy of technology at TU Eindhoven and special professor of reformational philosophy at TU Delft.
The 2008 lecture programme covers a variety of topics. The spring programme consists of four lectures. The speakers are authors of the book "Thinking, designing, making" (Amsterdam: Boom, 2007). For the entire programme of eight lectures, see below.
SUMMARY Lecture
Reflection on design happens from different sides. Originally, it was mainly practising designers who started to systematically study design processes. In the early days of the discipline that thus emerged, design methodology, the main issue was how the design process could be managed. The idea was that this should be possible by means of a standard scheme for each design process. Later, people started to think more nuanced, partly under the influence of the results of designer observations. In the philosophy of technology, originally not much attention was paid to the design process, but later interest in this increased, especially when the more analytically oriented philosophy of technology emerged. Reformational philosophy has also reflected on the design process. This began as early as the dissertation of Hendrik van Riessen, who analysed the relationship between design and the concept of 'unlocking', which was important for Reformation philosophy. In the book Denken, Ontwerpen, Maken, a separate chapter is devoted to design, pointing out, among other things, the problems that arise when the design process is modelled too much in an idealised and abstracted way. The design process turns out to be a complex process, which cannot be reduced to simple diagrams, not even when it comes to specific methodologies within the design process.
CONTENTS
The hall will be open from 18.30 for free coffee or tea and a social chat.
ROUTE DESCRIPTION
From the station hall of Utrecht CS, walk through the entire passage through Hoog Catharijne towards the city centre. When arriving at the square, the Vredenburg 19 meeting centre is on your left, above C & A. When coming down, walk diagonally left along the walls of the building site, the square and the street (Vredenburg) have to be crossed. On the ground floor there is only an entrance hall with lifts and a notice board with the hall numbers, to the left of the C & A windows, next to the shoe shop Breugel. Directions at www.vredenburg19.nl (follow the link behind 'Location'). Parking facilities include NH hotels.
Speaker(s)
Marc J. de Vries studied experimental physics at VU University Amsterdam, obtained a PhD on a thesis in engineering didactics at Eindhoven University of Technology, taught at the Nieuwe Lerarenopleiding in Eindhoven and later as associate professor of engineering philosophy at Eindhoven University of Technology. Since 2003, he has also been Extraordinary Professor of Reformational Philosophy at Delft University of Technology. He is editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Technology & Design Education published by Springer, wrote a book on the history of the Philips physics laboratory, authored the book 'Teaching About Technology: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Technology for Non-Philosophers', and co-authored the book 'The Matrix Code' and the recently published book 'Thinking, Designing, Making'.
Location
Meeting centre Vredenburg 19 , Utrecht
Organiser
Philosophy & Technology
Name and contact details for information
Further information from drs.ing. Henk Uijttenhout, at the e-mail address below or by phone: 070-3875293 / 06-42505844.
Register via
Given the interest in the topic, potential interested parties other than from the Philosophy & Engineering Department are also invited. However, the room capacity is limited to 30 places. In connection with this limited room capacity, I would like to ask you to register your participation by Tuesday 10 June at the latest, at drs.ing. Henk Uijttenhout, preferably via the e-mail address below or by phone: 070-3875293 / 06-42505844. Please make the effort to attend an evening of the Philosophy and Technology Department, or bring an interested party along! We hope you will come, it is really worthwhile!
hbmuijttenhout@hotmail.com