This conceptual paper discusses the use of Co-Design approaches in the public realm by
examining the emergence of a design practice, prototyping, in public policy-making. We …

In Model Cases, Monika Krause asks about the concrete material research objects behind
shared conversations about classes of objects, periods, and regions in the social sciences …

Inventing the Social showcases recent efforts to develop new ways of knowing society that
combine social research with creative practice. With contributions from leading figures in …

It would seem that technological campuses of tomorrow have manifested in 2020 as an
essential spontaneous response to a world event. This article examines the current crisis in …

This paper draws upon the example of High-Cost Short-Term Credit products accessed via
digital interfaces and devices to examine practices of interface design and the operation of …

This article illustrates a gap between popular narratives of game development in design
texts and the reality of day-to-day development, drawing from an ethnographic account of …

This article examines level design processes and challenges at professional game studios.
Thematic analysis of data, recorded through field studies and semi-structured interviews …

Highlights•Architecture emerges from complex social, communicative and material
practices.•Collaboration in design-build architecture education relies on productive …

STS and 'aesthetic studies' share an interest in artifacts and the aim to describe and analyse
both artifacts and their agency. The present article contributes to such dialogue, first by …

Lighting is increasingly recognized as a significant social intervention by both lighting
professionals and academic social scientists. However, what counts as 'the social'is diverse …