The Worlds We Live In

In this workshop hosted by WonderLab, a co-design research lab at Monash University, participants will build metaphorical representations of their design practice via worlds. Through a material exploration of ‘world-making’, the workshop begins with the world we know and explore into unknown worlds. As designers, we seek to reflect as a community on what we ‘know’ and how this might hold us back from exploring unknown worlds. It is critical for designers to be aware of how their world views and experiences influence their work. Often our ‘experiments’ are simply horizontal iterations of what we already know and operate within our known worlds, rather than seeking something radically different.