Futures Made Manifest: Manifesto Writing for / by Design

Julian Hanna

Futures Made Manifest: Manifesto Writing for / by Design

Julian Hanna

Department of Culture Studies

Research output: Contribution to conference › Other › Scientific › peer-review

Abstract

‘Our task is to make trouble, to stir up potent response to devastating events, as well as to settle troubled waters and rebuild quiet places.’ - Donna Haraway, Staying with the Trouble (2016)

In this workshop we will be making - planning, writing, designing, performing - manifestos for increasingly uncertain futures. The manifesto is a dynamic, urgent, incendiary form, linked to periods of upheaval, destruction, and rebirth. It is frequently used in design as well as in art, architecture, and activism. Visual design is crucial to the manifesto's appeal: manifestos are short and sharp, borrowing from advertising as much as politics and the avant-garde. Manifestos focus on the future, but also on the present. They ask: What is to be done, now?

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 16 Apr 2025
Event	FLUID Design Forum 13 - University of Montenegro Faculty of Fine Arts, Cetinje, Montenegro Duration: 11 Apr 2025 → 16 Apr 2025 https://fluid-forum.me/workshops.pdf

Conference

Conference	FLUID Design Forum 13
Country/Territory	Montenegro
City	Cetinje
Period	11/04/25 → 16/04/25
Internet address	https://fluid-forum.me/workshops.pdf

Keywords

Futures Studies
Design
Design education
Manifestos

Cite this

@conference{96aafdf5fa3c4c8cbe5d82515543acc5,

title = "Futures Made Manifest: Manifesto Writing for / by Design",

abstract = "{\textquoteleft}Our task is to make trouble, to stir up potent response to devastating events, as well as to settle troubled waters and rebuild quiet places.{\textquoteright} - Donna Haraway, Staying with the Trouble (2016) In this workshop we will be making - planning, writing, designing, performing - manifestos for increasingly uncertain futures. The manifesto is a dynamic, urgent, incendiary form, linked to periods of upheaval, destruction, and rebirth. It is frequently used in design as well as in art, architecture, and activism. Visual design is crucial to the manifesto's appeal: manifestos are short and sharp, borrowing from advertising as much as politics and the avant-garde. Manifestos focus on the future, but also on the present. They ask: What is to be done, now?",

keywords = "Futures Studies, Design, Design education, Manifestos",

author = "Julian Hanna",

year = "2025",

month = apr,

day = "16",

language = "English",

note = "FLUID Design Forum 13 ; Conference date: 11-04-2025 Through 16-04-2025",

url = "https://fluid-forum.me/workshops.pdf",

}

TY - CONF

T1 - Futures Made Manifest: Manifesto Writing for / by Design

AU - Hanna, Julian

PY - 2025/4/16

Y1 - 2025/4/16

N2 - ‘Our task is to make trouble, to stir up potent response to devastating events, as well as to settle troubled waters and rebuild quiet places.’ - Donna Haraway, Staying with the Trouble (2016) In this workshop we will be making - planning, writing, designing, performing - manifestos for increasingly uncertain futures. The manifesto is a dynamic, urgent, incendiary form, linked to periods of upheaval, destruction, and rebirth. It is frequently used in design as well as in art, architecture, and activism. Visual design is crucial to the manifesto's appeal: manifestos are short and sharp, borrowing from advertising as much as politics and the avant-garde. Manifestos focus on the future, but also on the present. They ask: What is to be done, now?

AB - ‘Our task is to make trouble, to stir up potent response to devastating events, as well as to settle troubled waters and rebuild quiet places.’ - Donna Haraway, Staying with the Trouble (2016) In this workshop we will be making - planning, writing, designing, performing - manifestos for increasingly uncertain futures. The manifesto is a dynamic, urgent, incendiary form, linked to periods of upheaval, destruction, and rebirth. It is frequently used in design as well as in art, architecture, and activism. Visual design is crucial to the manifesto's appeal: manifestos are short and sharp, borrowing from advertising as much as politics and the avant-garde. Manifestos focus on the future, but also on the present. They ask: What is to be done, now?

KW - Futures Studies

KW - Design

KW - Design education

KW - Manifestos

UR - https://fluid-forum.me/workshops.pdf

M3 - Other

T2 - FLUID Design Forum 13

Y2 - 11 April 2025 through 16 April 2025

ER -

Futures Made Manifest: Manifesto Writing for / by Design

Abstract

Conference

Keywords

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Futures of Europe

Cite this

Futures Made Manifest: Manifesto Writing for / by Design

Abstract

Conference

Keywords

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Projects

Futures of Europe

Cite this