{"product_id":"designing-gender-9781350273740","title":"Designing Gender","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book offers an ideal first step for designers looking to disrupt contemporary design practice by challenging gender inequality. Drawing on feminist and queer theory, it outlines key concepts and applies them to a broad spectrum of design activity. By developing feminist design approaches and methods, it provides a practical resource for designers wanting to make a change. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDesigning Gender\u003c\/i\u003e covers essential topics including definitions of sex, gender and sexuality, histories of women in design, parity in professional design practice, diversity of users, non-binary design approaches, and sustainable and equitable futures. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFilled with examples from around the world, the book recognises the culturally specific nature of gendered experience. Interviews with designers working in a diverse range of fields including user experience design, visual communication, interaction design and critical design, highlight the challenges and opportunities involved in designing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements Preface  \u003cb\u003e1. Gender, Feminism and Things\u003c\/b\u003e\t\t\t\t\t\t Introduction: The Complexities of Sex and Gender Defining Gender Feminism and Systems of Oppression Gendered Things\/Gendered Processes Designing Intersectional Gender Justice Case Study: \u003ci\u003eGender Swapping\u003c\/i\u003e, Karin Ehrnberger, Stockholm Interview: Lindsey Brinkworth, Senior Researcher, \u003ci\u003eMagic+Might,\u003c\/i\u003e Chicago Activity 1: Gender Journal Activity 2: Norm Discussion Cards  \u003cb\u003e2. Women, Craft, and Technology\u003c\/b\u003e Introduction: Questioning Design (His)stories Craft as Feminist Resistance Feminist Redesigns and DIY Aesthetics Cyberfeminism and Gender Hacking Case Study: \u003ci\u003eBuen Vivir-Centric Design\u003c\/i\u003e, Diana Albarrán González, Mexico\/Aotearoa Interview: Cornelia Sollfrank, Artist and Researcher, Berlin Activity 1: Pick a Theme\/Make a Zine Activity 2: Hack It Game  \u003cb\u003e3. Women and Design as Profession\u003c\/b\u003e Introduction: Gender in the Design Industries Women and the Professionalisation of Design Design Knowledge and the Making of the Professional Masculinities at Work in Design Cultures Addressing Inequality in the Workplace Challenging Gender Norms in Professional Design Practice Case Study: \u003ci\u003eDesigners Speak (Up)\u003c\/i\u003e Catherine Griffith, Aotearoa New Zealand  Interview: In-ah Shin, Graphic Designer, \u003ci\u003eFeminist Designer Social Club\u003c\/i\u003e. Seoul Activity 1: Situational Knowledge Map Activity 2: Listening Positionality Exercise  \u003cb\u003e4. Making Gender Inequality Visible\u003c\/b\u003e\t\t\t\t\t\t Introduction: Gender Justice as a Global Issue Data, Power and Invisibility Design and the Gender Data Gap              Feminist Counter-data and Queering AI              Visualising Inequality              Case Study: Visualizing Gender-based Violence, Nepal              Interview: Brindaalakshmi K, Thematic Lead, \u003ci\u003ePoint of View\u003c\/i\u003e, Chennai               Activity 1: Queering Algorithms              Activity 2: Gendered Life Data Drawing               \u003cb\u003e5. Feminist Design Futures\u003c\/b\u003e\t\t\t\t\t\t             Introduction: Design and the Future             Speculative Futures and Design Fictions              Speculative Design and Inequality              Feminist Visions of the Future             Futuring Tools and Approaches to Time              Speculative Design and Gender             Case Study: Freak Science, Mary Maggic, Vienna            Interview: Luiza Prado de O. Martins, Artist and Researcher, Brazil\/Germany             Activity 1: Participatory Futures Tool             Activity 2: Speculating with the Past               \u003cb\u003e6. Non-Binary Design and Sustainable Practice\u003c\/b\u003e\t\t\t             Introduction: Feminism and Ecological Crisis             Towards Non-Binary Design              More-Than-Human Entanglement, Post-nature and Queer Ecology              Indigenous Worldviews, Design and Becoming-With              Unmaking Design Practice               Case Study: Lehuauakea, New Mexico, US and Papa’ikou, Hawaii              Interview: Sixto-Juan Zavala, Designer and Illustrator, Texas\/London              Activity 1: Mapping Entanglements             Activity 2: Feral Experiments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407528927575,"sku":"9781350273740","price":23.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350273740.jpg?v=1730499679","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/designing-gender-9781350273740","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}