W H A T  D O  Y O U  N E E D ?

What do you need — what you don’t need?
What do we need — What do we not need?
What does the world need – Why do we need the world?
What does creativity need — What prevents it?
What does design need — Who needs design (in the future)?
What do designers need — Who needs design (in the future)?
What does AI need — what does AI not need?
Who needs AI — who doesn’t need AI?
What can we do — what can’t AI do?
What can I do now — what do I need to be able to do in the future? —What do I not need to be able to do (anymore)?
Which sign (systems) do we need — Which do we not need (anymore)?
What do fonts do — do we still need fonts?
Which tools do you need today—tomorrow? — Which processes do we not need?
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How much is needed — what is too much?
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What do you always need? — Respect, Exchange and C O U R A G E

Questions upon questions that are N O W relevant for all designers, for their activities but also for their attitude and responsibility. – 26+ reasons to explore the signs of the times and take a stand. – Let’s work together to become stronger and more secure for our future in design, ideally in a totally mixed project course.

All paths (approaches) are welcome and correct (valid): experimental, philosophical, technical, with AI or without AI, analog, with answers or further questions, demonizing or loving, personal or holistic, in any case completely free in your choice and orientation no matter which topic you get involved with: What’s needed?: This course

We will start immediately with a mini-symposium, to which I will invite many external guests (currently on request), who will tell us in 20-minute sessions half about W H A T ’S  N E E D E D ? and half about AI or not AI (ai or not to be) in their respective individual professions. This will be diverse and great food for thought for our launch.

We are looking for strong people from: Design, journalism, people responsible for ai-week, managing directors of large media companies, board members, prof. colleagues from AI and robotics as well as digital society, ethics, philosophy, artists, crafts, acting and directing, type and character design, start-ups, politics, physics, music, authorship, currently researching masters …

Keep your fingers crossed that many will agree to join us, even without a budget!

Update: Symposium, there are already some confirmations. Please keep Friday, March 21, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. free, we may need another date (March 22 or March 28).

Introduction:
Tuesday March 18, 2.15 pm in Room 1.26

What  E L S E  do  Y O U  need? Opportunity to ask questions via Zoom:
Tuesday March 11, 2.15 pm
https://thws-de.zoom-x.de/j/68868958648