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A period of accelerating change has begun, which will further unsettle already unsettled populations, governments and pluri-futures. Viewing the world of design at a time of global epochal change there is speculation of how “things” will change. However, at the same time there are growing, underexplored forces of change that are converging. Three key phrases denote the scale of difference contextually of such change, strategically framing the future of design to be discussed in this seminar: cosmotechnics, foundational adaptation, and technological autonomy.

Tony Fry, a 2024 ANU Research School of Humanities and the Arts Visitor,  is an award-winning designer, cultural theorist, educator and author. He is Adjunct Professor, Architecture and Design, University of Tasmania, Visiting Professor, University of Ibaguè (Colombia), and the principal of The Studio at the Edge of the World, Tasmania. His research interests include climate futures, post-sustainability, ontological design, cosmotechnics, decoloniality, politics and conflict. Tony has published twenty books. He is currently working on design projects in Latin American and two upcoming books: Contrapractice with Dulmini Perera, Bauhaus University, Weimer, and  Political Breakout, his second book on a New Political Imagination.

This event will be held both on-campus and online via Zoom (a link to the online stream will be sent to registered attendees).

The School of Art & Design Seminar series will continue weekly on Tuesdays from 1-2pm, between 16 July and 29 October 2024. The School of Art & Design Seminar Series is co-convened by Dr Alex Burchmore, Alia Parker, and Elisa Crossing.