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Assistant Professor
PhD
Institute of Design and Visual Interaction
Annegrete Mølhave
At the edges of regenerative design and the care-economy, I cultivate ways of designing for flourishing and leaving no one behind. My research explores collaborative design as a living, relational practice attuned to bio- and neurodiversity. By inviting all our ways of knowing into creative participation, these approaches aim at building a holistic understanding when navigating complexity
Re-imagining the human through design
In our rush to solutions, we often forget to question our way of thinking. To challenge how design imagines human beings, I investigate how creative processes can integrate awareness of bio- and neurodiversity to move beyond ableist world views. This aims to develop approaches that support designers navigating messy processes and designing for inclusiveness.
This current research is part of an institution-wide strategic partnership with the Bevica Foundation, focusing on a Diverse view of Humanity and Equality through Architecture and Universal Design.
A case-study tracing how a diverse view of humanity unfolds in the Design education and research at the Royal Danish Academy. By mapping and examining its integration in design activities the study aims to describe how universal design unfolds through mindset, process, and solutions. This in turn illustrates how a diverse view of humanity can move from theory to practices that open for more inclusive, relational, and life-attuned ways of designing.
This practice-based research explores collaborative design as a living, messy practice where methods are reimagined. The inquiry examines how care and diverse ways of being can enter the process. This invites a new sensibility for designers to help them navigate complexity with a holistic understanding. The study consists of experiments with collaborative design methods in workshops where care and diversity are creative drivers. This aims at developing arts- and nature-based approaches that expand designers’ capacity to work with complexity, well-being, and human difference.