TEACHING | Experiments in the Arts of Systems Thinking
2018 - present
I have been teaching Systems Thinking for the masters in Product Design program since 2018. The course is taught to Product Design undergraduate and postgraduate students at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India. The two weeks course explores Systems Thinking through a combination of theory and practice.
The students explore critical thinking & imaginary futures through Design Fiction & Speculative Design through live installations. The course aims to simulate Systems Oriented Design & Critical Thinking through a product designer's form giving abilities to design fiction.
The students explore critical thinking & imaginary futures through Design Fiction & Speculative Design through live installations. The course aims to simulate Systems Oriented Design & Critical Thinking through a product designer's form giving abilities to design fiction.
Students Works/Course outcomes :
“The Last Apple on earth” addresses the speculative future of rapid soil depletion on the planet. Digital Fabrication tools led to the Design Fiction prototype of an Artificial Fruit Cloning machine owned by a GMO MegaCorp.
Team: Abhishek Ranjan, Dhruvin Bhuva, Ayur Gillurkar, Aditya Akolkar
"Life Afterlife" unravels the so-called "conspiracy" of planned & unplanned obsolescence using mac computers retrieved from the campus junk warehouse.
The installation is entirely (re)created from institutional scrap.
Team: Shubham Modgi, Sanath Pailwan, Joseph Chittilappilly
"Digital Ash/e-kalash" ais about a fictional cryptocurrency called “deathcoin” distributed in the black market from dead people’s social media memories
Team: Nikhil Soman, Krishnakant Saini, Vagmita Parmar, Nishchay Soni, Ganesh Kumar.
"Last Sunset" installation about the consequences of solar geo-engineering and technological quick-fixes to decelerate climate change
Team: Shlok Deore, Hitesh Shilpi, Dipti Dhondphale, Deven Kale
"A systems GigaMap illustrating recurring patterns, vicious loops and unique leverage points of a recurring everyday problem of blockage & breakdown of the Commons washing machines (Samita Joshi, Mansi Aggarwal, Mitrabinda Behera, Rithika Rajagopal)
