Alison Place

Feminist Designer

On the Personal and the Political in Design
Herausgeber: Place, Alison

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A bold and timely collection that brings feminist theory and critical thinking to life through vital, approachable design methods and practices.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: MIT Press Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 243mm x 169mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 618g
• ISBN-13: 9780262553018
• ISBN-10: 0262553015
• Artikelnr.: 72597362

Autorenporträt

Alison Place is a designer, educator, and researcher who practices feminism through design. She is Assistant Professor of Graphic Design in the School of Art at the University of Arkansas.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
CHAPTER 1: POWER
On power by Alison Place
On calling yourself a designer Essay by Claudia Marina
On smuggling feminism into design institutions Dialogue with Griselda
Flesler
On the contradictions of feminist branding Essay by Aggie Toppins
On fighting the typatriarchy Dialogue with Aasawari Kulkarni
50 questions for every designer Essay by Jennifer Armbrust
CHAPTER 2: KNOWLEDGE
On knowledge by Alison Place
On feminist design that is beyond W.E.I.R.D. Essay by Maryam Mustafa
On mother-centered design Case study by Elizabeth Pérez
On critical frameworks for disability design Dialogue with Aimi Hamraie
On female entrepreneurship and visual storytelling Case study and visual
essay by Gaby Hernández
On feminist technology for housing justice Case study by Ashley K.
Eberhart, Elizabeth Byrd, Madeline Avram Blount, Manon Vergerio, Velvet A.
Johnson Ross
CHAPTER 3: CARE
On care by Alison Place
On intergenerational maternal healing Dialogue with Eden Laurin and Ellen
Kellogg
On designing with authenticity over perfection Case study by Rebecca
Tegtmeyer
On embodying vulnerability through design Case study by Jeff Kasper
On trauma informed design Dialogue with Rachael Dietkus
On the self-optimization of care Case study by Laura Devendorf
On health and healing in marginalized communities Case study by Attia
Taylor
On counter-mapping and co-designing with more-than-humans Case study
Alexandra Crosby and Ilaria Vanni
CHAPTER 4: PLURALITY
On plurality by Alison Place
On design pedagogy and empty pluralism Essay by Becky Nasadowski
On challenging power through visual form Dialogue with Benedetta Crippa
On centering trans voices in design Case study by Cami Rincón and Andrew
Mallinson
On feminine exhibition design Essay by Margaret Middleton
On matriarchal design education Dialogue with Ayako Takase and Heather
Snyder Quinn
On design histories woven in patriarchy Essay by Dina Benbrahim
CHAPTER 5: LIBERATION
On liberation by Alison Place
On creating spaces for Black women to heal, dream and innovate Dialogue
with Jenn Roberts
On feminist hackathons Case study by Alexis Hope
On envisioning alternative transfeminist futures Case study by Joana Varon
On staying with the trouble of future technologies Essay by Marie Louis
Juul Søndergaard
On building consentful technology Case study by Una Lee
CHAPTER 6: COMMUNITY
On community by Alison Place
On community as a process of working towards Dialogue with Sarah Williams
and Mandy Harris Williams
On making code accessible and inclusive Case study by Lauren Lee McCarthy
On building a flexible and borderless feminist community Case study by
In-ah Shin
On being a male feminist designer: a path of understanding Essay by Victor
G. Martinez
On the futures(s) of feminist design Dialogue with Maya Ober and Nina Paim
Recommended Readings
Acknowledgements
References
Index