Design Philosophy after the Technology Turn
Will be published approx. on 19. February 2026
Book
Hardback
216 pages
978-1-350-49441-1 (ISBN)
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.
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.
Reviews / Votes
Design Philosophy after the Technology Turn is a collection of essays that should spark debate. Without question the condition of 'turn' is not just a recognition of the changing relation between design philosophy and technology but it's also one of the markers of wider epochal transformations now underway. There has always been a recursive relation between design, technology and our 'species being,' and the collection makes this clear in a variety of ways. It also shows how philosophy has sought to understand, and be part of, the dynamic tension of the design/technology relationship. Likewise, this collection indicates why gaining an understanding of the relation is important, and why it has to be an ongoing process-especially in the current conditions of increasingly critical enviro-climatic and geopolitical change. * Tony Fry, Adjunct Professor of Architecture and Design, University of Tasmania, Australia *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
18 B&W illus, 1 table
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 158 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
658 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-350-49441-1 (9781350494411)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Fernando Secomandi is Assistant Professor of Service Design for Emerging Technologiesat TU Delft, the Netherlands. He contributes to the fields of industrial design and the philosophy of technology as author, editor, and reviewer of academic productions. He currently serves as an associate editor for the Journal of Human-Technology Relations.
Peter-Paul Verbeek is Rector Magnificus of the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He is author of books about philosophy of technology and design, including What things do (2005) and Moralizing technology (2011). He is currently chairperson of the UNESCO World Commission for the Ethics of Science and Technology (COMEST) and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Human-Technology Relations.
Peter-Paul Verbeek is Rector Magnificus of the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He is author of books about philosophy of technology and design, including What things do (2005) and Moralizing technology (2011). He is currently chairperson of the UNESCO World Commission for the Ethics of Science and Technology (COMEST) and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Human-Technology Relations.
Content
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 Maekelae
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
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 Maekelae
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