Design Revolution Now!
Harald Gründl
Design, Design
2026S, Lecture and Discussion (VD), 2.0 ECTS, 2.0 semester hours, course number S04812
Description
Regenerative Design Lab x ReGenerativa
This semester, the Regenerative Design Lab is collaborating with the ReGenerativa platform. Using backcasting, a strategic planning method, a desirable future goal is defined, and from there, the necessary steps to achieve it are determined backward to the present. Unlike forecasting, which extrapolates current trends, backcasting is used for complex, long-term, or sustainable initiatives to identify the necessary measures for achieving a specific, often transformative, future scenario.
The Institute of Design Research Vienna and Vienna Design Week are project partners for the dissemination of the findings. A suitable presentation format for Vienna Design Week (September 25–October 4, 2026) will be developed as part of the course. Each participant's individual artistic background serves as the starting point for this transformative design research project.
Interventions and project support by:
Christoph Thun-Hohenstein, Artistic Director of ReGenerativa
Gabriel Roland, Director of Vienna Design Week
Ronja Grossar, Co-Chair of the Institute of Design Research Vienna
Nikolaj Schultz, Sociologist
NN, Input AI
Links:
https://www.instituteofdesign.at/regenerative-design-lab/
https://www.viennadesignweek.at
https://www.viennadesignweek.at/player/design-revolution-now/
https://www.instagram.com/nikolaj.schultz/?hl=en
Examination Modalities
Case Study
Key Words
Regenerative Design, Posthuman Ecology, Transition Design
Dates
Fri, 27 March 2026, 10:00–13:00 Seminar Room 7 , "Introduction"
Fri, 17 April 2026, 10:00–13:00 Seminar Room 8
Fri, 24 April 2026, 10:00–13:00 Seminar Room 7
Fri, 08 May 2026, 10:00–13:00 Seminar Room 7
Fri, 29 May 2026, 10:00–13:00 Seminar Room 10
Fri, 12 June 2026, 10:00–13:00 Seminar Room 10
Course Enrolment
From 02 February 2026, 09:00 to 12 April 2026, 13:14
Via online registration
Curriculum Allocation
Art Education: subject kkp (Bachelor): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: FOR: Lehrveranstaltungen nach Wahl aus Wissenschaftliche Praxis 067/003.80
Art Education: subject kkp (Enhancements study): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: FOR: Lehrveranstaltungen nach Wahl aus Wissenschaftliche Praxis 067/003.80
Art Education: subject dex (Bachelor): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: FOR: aus Geschichte und Theorie der Architektur bzw. des Design (wahlweise) 074/003.20
Art Education: subject dex (Bachelor): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: FOR: Lehrveranstaltungen nach Wahl aus Wissenschaftliche Praxis 074/003.80
Art Education: subject dex (Enhancements study): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: FOR: Lehrveranstaltungen nach Wahl aus Wissenschaftliche Praxis 074/003.80
Transformation Studies. Art x Science (Bachelor): Focus! Transformation Areas: Cultural Transformation 162/040.40
TransArts - Transdisciplinary Arts (Bachelor): Theoretical foundations: Theoretical foundations 180/003.01
Design: Specialisation in Design and Narrative Media (2. Section): Methodological and Theoretical Fundamentals: Ecology, Ethics and Sustainability 576/203.04
Design: Specialisation in Communication Design (2. Section): Methodological and Theoretical Basics: Theory and History of Design 577/203.08
Industrial Design (2. Section): Design in Context: Theory and Design History 580/202.11
Design: Specialisation in Fashion Design (2. Section): Fashion in Context: Theory and History of Design 584/208.01
Fine Arts (2. Section): Scientific and Research Practice: Free Electives out of Scientific and Research Practice 605/202.80
Design: Specialisation in Applied Photography and Time-based Media (2. Section): Methodological and Theoretical Basics: Humanities 626/203.02
Co-registration: possible
Attending individual courses: possible