Empathy Revisited: Designs for More Than One repositions design as a practice of care — one that accounts for microbial ecosystems, agricultural landscapes, and interspecies relationships as much as it does for any immediate user or client.
About This Book
What does it mean to design for more than one? This expansive anthology assembles designers, writers, and practitioners working at the intersection of empathy, ecology, and material culture — using food as a central medium of inquiry. The book moves fluidly across scales, from the invisible microbial life within the human gut to the vast transformations wrought by industrial agriculture. It is a serious reconsideration of what design can be when care, diplomacy, and sensitivity replace efficiency as guiding principles. Utopian in proposition but grounded in practice, it is essential reading for anyone working in socially engaged or ecologically conscious design.
Key Features
- 408 pages of essays, project documentation, and critical writing across design, ecology, and social practice
- Edited by Mariana Pestana with Sumitra Upham and Billie Muraben; written contributions by Ekin Ozbicer, Susan Lanzoni, Naz Şahin, FRAUD, Luigi Coppola, Vivien Sansour, Pelin Tan, Aslıhan Demirtaş, and many others
- Projects and contributions from Studio Ossidiana, Counterspace, Anna Puigjaner (MAIO), Orkan Telhan + elii, Ibiye Camp, Meriem Bennani, Black Athena Collective, TiriLab, theOtherDada, Future Anecdotes, and more
- Published by Onomatopee, ISBN: 9789493148598
What You'll Discover
- How food functions as a multi-scalar medium of encounter — connecting people, species, and landscapes within a single design framework
- The ways designers are adopting sensitive, diplomatic, and therapeutic roles to reconnect communities with the more-than-human world
- A redefinition of design responsibility that extends beyond the immediate user to encompass the full range of constituents affected by any object or action
- Utopian propositions alongside practical interventions, demonstrating how empathic design operates across both speculative and applied registers
About the Author
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Specifications
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 408
- Dimensions: 165 x 240 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9789493148598
- Publisher: Onomatopee
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Designers, curators, and researchers working in socially engaged practice, ecological design, food systems, and anyone interrogating the ethical boundaries of contemporary design culture.