The Design Stories Warsaw is part of Looking Through Objects, a curatorial project that celebrates women’s contribution to change in Poland, the Baltic region, and beyond. Women’s role in design has changed over time from that of being muses and supporters to active protagonists, independent players, and thinkers.
The intention is to position the Design Stories conference at the junction of all the practices connected with design rather than make it solely academic. This approach is more in tune with the contemporary context of design, in which the fluidity of the practice is resisting the confined boundaries of given labels and titles. Due to this unique characteristic of design as a discipline, it is more holistic and realistic to hear from historians, as well as acting designers directly involved in design through practice. This provides a range of voices and perspectives (observers, researchers, practitioners), that will help audiences to draw their own conclusions on what design is today.
Design Stories Seminar conference offers an insight into design practice from women’s perspective. The ambition is to gather subjective and objective perspectives from the participating speakers. These will form the structure of the post conference publication.