BK Talks: Copy right!
Reproducing, replicating, emulating... to evolve
11 mei 2023 18:00 t/m 20:00 - Locatie: OOSTSERRE & ONLINE - Door: Communication BK | Zet in mijn agenda
Op 11 mei vindt de BK Talks 'Copy right! Reproducing, replicating, emulating... to evolve' plaats.
When browsing the past and present of design production, it is easy to encounter a whole history of copycats and precedents, where everything seems collaged out of everything else. Academia, itself, depends on a running discourse of references.
Artificial intelligence and biomimicry are extolled as they burst into the realms of technology and design today, yet both are rooted in emulating. Our changing values for circular economy, sustainability, and repair cause one to wonder whether the traditional designer’s obsession with being original is simply becoming obsolete.
On May 11th, the BK Talks ‘Copy Right!’, will present different views on how the past, the present and even the future are a vast archive on which we can and must build. For design to evolve, re- actions like re-framing, re-moving, re-using, re-locating, re-membering, re-plicating, re-producing, need to be re-examined and potentially re-liberated from our morality and law. As much as some reproductions may seem hyperbolic or opportunistic, isn’t copying an inevitable step towards ‘originality’?
Society depends on countless copycats, within and beyond the realms of architecture and urbanism: data, objects, products, materials, traditions, languages, natural sites, cultural landscapes, or geological formation all depend on copying for survival.
The panel will discuss, among other questions, whether we should include a more honest and critical reflection of copying in education, re-framing the notion, and helping us evolve our own preferences (most likely imitated) for ‘originality.’
Moderator
Félix Madrazo
Founding Partner at Inter.National.Design
Félix Madrazo is an architect, urbanist, researcher and lecturer. He is a founding partner of IND [Inter.National.Design], co-founder of the research collective Supersudaca and lecturer in various universities including TU Delft /The Why Factory. He has co-authored the books City Shocks, Copy Paste and (w)Ego all published by Nai010 Press.
Panellists
Bas Flipsen
Lecturer at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, TU Delft
Bas Flipsen is an Industrial Remaker. He educates students and professionals in designing and making sustainable products to the benefit of the world. As an aerospace and industrial designer Bas focusses himself on the physical manifestation, optimizing the product architecture for the ease of repair, refurbishment, and recycling.
Carola Hein
Professor and Chair, History of Architecture and Urban Planning, TU Delft
Carola Hein is Professor and Chair, History of Architecture and Urban Planning at Delft University of Technology, Professor at Leiden and Erasmus University, UNESCO Chair Water, Ports and Historic Cities. She has published widely in the field of architectural, urban and planning history and has tied historical analysis to contemporary development.
Saskia van den Muijsenberg
Director & co-founder of BiomimicryNL
Saskia is the co-founder/director of BiomimicryNL. With a variety of Fortune 500 companies, Saskia catalyses innovation by enabling others to explore life's design strategies to develop new ideas into real (business) opportunities. Through speaking, teaching and consulting, she proactively spreads the practice of biomimicry across different disciplines to create positive impact.
Dr. Aimée Sakes
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, 3ME, TU Delft
Dr. ir. Aimée Sakes is an assistant professor at the Biomedical Engineering Department of the faculty Mechanical Engineering at TUD, where she earned both her MSc and PhD titles with honors. Her research focuses on the development of bio-inspired soft instrumentation for medical applications and has resulted in a range of novel prototypes.
Practical information
This BK Talks will be streamed live from the Oostserre and can be followed via this link.