Five axes towards a philosophy of design

Authors

  • Daniel B. Portugal UFRJ
  • Marcos Beccari USP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12957/arcosdesign.2016.13055

Keywords:

philosophy of design, disciplinary borders, theoretical axis.

Abstract

This article offers some contributions for the structuring of a philosophy of design. It delineates five reflexive axis that could form the core of this discipline. Thinking about the structure of a philosophy of design in terms of axis opens up the possibility of leaving behind closed definitions of design. Each axis approaches the subject “design” from a different angle: In the first axis, the design is seen as a carrier of meaning; in the second, as a carrier of affects; in the third, as a means of dealing with new technologies and with the new ways of “being in the world” they bring forward; in the fourth, as a constitutive part of cultures defined by the centrality of media and consumption; in the fifth, as a specific way of thinking, knowing and articulating “modes of being”.

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Author Biographies

Daniel B. Portugal, UFRJ

Doutorando em Comunicação e cultura na UFRJ (bolsista CNPq). Mestre em Comunicação e práticas de consumo pela ESPM-SP. Co-autor do livro Existe Design? (2ab, 2013). Co-coordenador do site Filosofia do design.

Marcos Beccari, USP

Doutorando em Educação pela USP (bolsista CAPES). Mestre em Design pela UFPR. Co-autor do livro Existe Design? (2ab, 2013). Co-coordenador do site Filosofia do design.

Published

2016-10-26

How to Cite

PORTUGAL, Daniel B.; BECCARI, Marcos. Five axes towards a philosophy of design. Arcos Design, Rio de Janeiro, v. 9, n. 1, p. 1–14, 2016. DOI: 10.12957/arcosdesign.2016.13055. Disponível em: https://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/arcosdesign/article/view/13055. Acesso em: 11 may. 2025.

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