Author(s)

Tom Corby, Dilys Williams, Vivek Sheth, Virkein Dhar

Center for Research in Education, Art and Media, University of Westminster, London, UK.

Through practice-based research, we explore how interdisciplinary design projects can function to address social issues concerning environmental and social problems. Using two case studies developed between London in the United Kingdom, and Delhi and Ahmedabad in India, we discuss the importance of engagement with the people who the design ultimately serves. Finally, we argue that design concerned with complex social problems require equally complex, multidimensional responses, informed by bodies of knowledge, practices and approaches that lie outside of traditional design approaches.

Design, Social Design, India, United Kingdom, Practice-Based Research, Art and Design

Corby, T. , Williams, D. , Sheth, V. and Dhar, V. (2016) I Stood Up: Social Design in Practice. Art and Design Review, 4, 30-36. doi: 10.4236/adr.2016.42005.