Proceedings of Nordes 2023: This Space Intentionally Left [Blank]

Editors

Vanessa Rodrigues, Linköping University
Carl Westin, Linköping University
Stefan Holmlid, Linköping University

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This volume is the proceedings of the 10th biennial Nordes conference, hosted by Linköping University, 12 – 14 June 2023. All contributions relate in different ways to the overall theme, ‘This Space Intentionally Left [Blank]’.

A blank space—a silence, pause, interstice, gap, in-between, opening, punctuation, negative space—can be deliberately or incidentally devoid of content. A space left blank is as much an invitation to notice the void and the structure that surrounds it, as it is a question as to why and how they are per- ceived. Such absence can remind us to seek out conscious or unconscious intentions hidden in plain sight. Philosophies and worldviews that acknowled- ge the importance of ‘absence’, ‘emptiness’ or ‘nothingness’ consider eve- rything to be relational, fluid, dynamic and ‘in-between’, rather than the binary dualism that linger from Cartesian constructs. Do we pay these blank spaces enough attention, as integrated parts of design practice and design research?

Publication Date

12-6-2023

Publisher

Nordes

ISBN

978-1-912294-58-9

ISSN

1604-9705

DOI

https://doi.org/10.21606/nordes.2023.cv

Citation

Rodrigues, V., Westin, C., and Holmlid, S. (eds.) (2023) Proceedings of Nordes 2023: This Space Intentionally Left [Blank], 12-14 June, Norrköping, Sweden, Nordes. https://doi.org/10.21606/nordes.2023.cv

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