Conference : The Design of Information, the Investigation of Design by Joost Grootens
2025-04-02T10:00:00+00:00
2025-04-02T11:00:00+00:00
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📣 [Conference] – 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗝𝗼𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀As part of the launch of the new Visual Knowledge master's programme, the Visual Communication Department at HEAD – Genève is pleased to invite you to Joost Grootens' lecture.In an era of unprecedented amounts of data and an ever-expanding range of publishing formats, the field of information design seems more relevant than ever. Perhaps even more so, given that recent decades have seen another parallel development: as data has surged and publishing has become more accessible, the very concept of truth has grown increasingly fluid.This shift is both technological and social – driven by new forms of manipulation, from deepfakes to algorithmic bias – and shaped by populist politics, media fragmentation, and social media echo chambers. In this evolving landscape, where information is abundant but trust is eroding, designers must do more than simply present data clearly. Joost Grootens 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑒𝑟, 𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛, 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑥 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑒𝑥𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑙𝑠, 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑎, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠. 𝐻𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑛 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑜, 𝑆𝐽𝐺, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛 𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐼𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐷𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝐷𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛 𝐴𝑐𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑦 𝐸𝑖𝑛𝑑ℎ𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑛, ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑓𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝐴𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑛 𝑉𝑖𝑠𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝐷𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝑜𝑦𝑎𝑙 𝐷𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝐴𝑐𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑦. In his lecture, Joost Grootens will present his vision for the field of information design, the role design education can play in updating, testing, and expanding the discipline, and examples of projects from his studio that embody the critically investigative approach he advocates.
https://head.alumni-hesge.ch/fr/event/conference-the-design-of-information-the-investigation-of-design-by-joost-grootens/2025/04/02/45
