Author: Erika Renedo-Illarregi
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The Unvaccinated: The new marginalized to co-design with?
The photo is from a London demonstration in May. Source: https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2021-05-30/Thousands-in-London-protest-against-the-use-of-COVID-19-vaccines-10Fse7trwBO/index.html I am with a friend in Athens, we are having dinner at a terrace. He is cold, but we cannot get inside because of me. My EU Covid certificate, which I obtained as I recovered from Covid back in April, has just recently […]
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GAME, co-designed by clients at Psychosis Therapy Project, at PDC 2020
The Participatory Design Conference, which was going to be held in Colombia, happened online this year. Although I am sad to have missed the opportunity to work with local communities and run the situated action in Manizales, Colombia, the organizers did a great job to create interactive sessions and exhibitions in virtual spaces. Through virtual […]
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Gift for Mental Health
Black Friday, cyber Monday… and all sorts of other market strategies all year around often feed on our vulnerabilities and mental distress. As Ernest Becker portrayed in The Denial of Death, the consumer ‘religion’ is just another way to shed away existential terrors, anaesthetise ourselves. But what if things were designed intentionally to reflect a little more […]