In a Manner of Reading Design desire For the poetry cycle Het

For the poetry cycle Het proces (‘The trial’) Iduna Paalman studied a variety of source materials about persecution of witches

If the old “realist” tools of objectivism have contributed to capitalist society’s divorce from the natural world

Women from different backgrounds came together to make posters and calendars that tackled issues of sexuality

between 1965–2005

It is beautifully haunting

In a Manner of Reading Design desire For the poetry cycle HetWhat we perceive and think of as "true" is widely influenced by our knowledgecarrying with it implicit conceptions we are not aware of. Design, as a planned action, is necessarily both theory and practice. It brings together thinking and everyday objects and therefore ingrains itself in the contexts we are all living in. Yet, being largely unreflected on, design is likely to simply affirm societal norms instead of questioning them. If design aims at