Manufacturing Images: the Impact of Social Networks on Design

Ruedi Baur, Demian Conrad, Dora Moutot, Nicolas Nova, Jérôme Baratelli

In the realm of LOLcats, memes and babies, is there a place for a designer on social media? The desire to create buzz, even for a good cause, sometimes pushes the boundaries of our profession, skills and ethical criteria. Images are no longer simply created, they are generated, performed, activated. How does one influence these contemporary methods for the creation and circulation of images?

Round table as part of the colloquium To Buzz or Not to Buzz: A Look at Virality, March 14, 2019, HEAD – Genève.

Ruedi Baur, Civic Avalanche

Caroline Bernard, Viral Design: Methodologies for Socially Conscious Buzz

Demian Conrad, Gutenberg, Bubble Jets and LCDs

Dora Moutot, Did You Come? Did You Buzz?

Nicolas Nova, The Evolution of Meme Culture

Kit, A Design Kit

The Paradigm of the Designer

Performance and Performed Design

Sampling, Sampled Design