What role can design play in the sustainable transformation of society? Sustainability and transformation competences are central themes in design education, but many teaching formats remain stuck in established structures that tend to restrict rather than promote sustainable innovation. The concept of unlearning opens up a critical perspective: Which assumptions, methods, and practices in design education need to be questioned and overcome in order to enable sustainable design approaches?
“Unlearning Design” is an interdisciplinary workshop series that invites experts, practitioners, and students to discuss education and learning in times of multi-crisis. The aim is to leverage the potential of unlearning (for design, but also architecture and art) and make it accessible to interested parties. Among other things, there will be a talk by Elena Spatz (TU Berlin), co-initiator of the Chair of Unlearning (TUM), in which she will give us an insight into this student teaching intervention and report on how the framing of unlearning was also reflected upon theoretically. In addition, the joint exchange will provide insight into the status quo of teaching and learning about sustainability in creative and artistic fields.
If you are interested in participating in the workshop, please register at the following link:veranstaltungen.uni-kassel.de
Date
May 12 2026, 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
Location
Seminar room 0223, Atrium
Kunsthochschule Kassel
Menzelstraße 13-15
34121 Kassel