Thomas Wendt :: Design for Dasein

We invited Thomas Wendt, a New York-based design strategy and research consultant, educator and author, to Mesh to present the ideas in his book Design for Dasein.

The book and the talk examined the relationship between experience design and phenomenology, the philosophical study of human experience. Wendt asked how experience design is possible at all, how the immaterial qualities of experience relate to the material objects designers make, and how philosophy can inform present-day design practice.

He argued that the two fields depend on each other: phenomenology develops through design, and experience design needs a deeper understanding of experience. To make the case, he drew on classical and modern phenomenologists, design thinking, object studies and design theory.

Speakers

• Thomas Wendt, Design strategy and research consultant, educator and author, New York — Design for Dasein

The original event page is on meetup.com.