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Design Philosophy after the Technology Turn

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Design Philosophy after the Technology Turn

  • Open Access
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Description

Through a collection of essays, this open access book brings together perspectives on philosophy of technology and design.

Taking stock of recent changes in technology – including recently emerging digital tools like AI – the authors look to expand the discussions that draw upon both design philosophy and technological developments.

The editors of the book argue that we are already a long way from the conventional interpretation of design philosophy as a 'philosophy of design', where philosophers remained distant from the practice of design itself. They maintain that designers must welcome cross-fertilisations between disciplines that make possible alternative interpretations of design philosophy, for example, as 'a designerly way of doing philosophy' or as 'designing things philosophically', perhaps even as 'the design of philosophy'.

The book is structured in two parts: the first comprises chapters that address foundational issues arising at the crossroads of philosophy and design; the second addresses chapters that address special topics, including AI and democracy, fashion design, professional ethics, and climate engineering.

The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the TU Delft Open Access Fund.

Table of Contents

List of Figures
Preface

Chapter 1. The Technology Turn in Design Philosophy: A Road Trip. Fernando Secomandi and Peter-Paul Verbeek
Chapter 2. Towards Constructive Design Philosophy? Ilpo Koskinen, Brian Dixon, Peter Gall Krogh, and Maarit Mäkelä
Chapter 3. Coloniality of Making in Design Philosophy. Frederick M. C. van Amstel, Rodrigo F. Gonzatto, and Carmem Saito
Chapter 4. Towards a Design Philosophy that Studies the Design of Artefacts and the World in Which They Are Embedded: The Case of Digital Twins. Vincent Blok
Chapter 5. Building Bridges: Empirical Philosophy (of Technology) and Research through Design. Michael Nagenborg
Chapter 6. Beyond Codes of Ethics: Regulative Ideals as Ethical Scaffolding for the Design Profession. Ariel Guersenzvaig and Alger Sans Pinillos
Chapter 7. Design x Philosophy: A Practical Turn in the Philosophy of Technology. Wouter Eggink and Steven Dorrestijn
Chapter 8. Moments of Reading: Making Meaning Through Design and Philosophy. Jordi Viader Guerrero, Dmitry Muravyov, Olya Kudina, and Nazli Cila
Chapter 9. Designing Disobedient Forms of Life. Leonardo Marques Kussler and Marcos Namba Beccari
Chapter 10. Technologies of Fashion or Fashionable Technologies? Dialectics, Paradoxes, and the Mediation of Madness. Annie Kurz, Gabriel Brasil, and Franey Nogueira
Chapter 11. Next Frontiers for Design Philosophy after the Technology Turn: A Discussion. Fernando Secomandi and Peter-Paul Verbeek

Notes on Contributors
Index

Product details

Published 19 Feb 2026
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 216
ISBN 9781350494411
Imprint Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Illustrations 18 B&W illus, 1 table
Dimensions 234 x 156 mm
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Fernando Secomandi

Fernando Secomandi is Assistant Professor of Servi…

Anthology Editor

Peter-Paul Verbeek

Peter-Paul Verbeek is Rector Magnificus of the Uni…

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