Design moves between function, identity and communication – and can, in addition to its role as a service, also open up space for joy, attitude and community.
The lunchtime talk takes a look at design practices associated with queer, QTIBIPoC and community contexts – and asks how design can be part of cultural visibility and more equitable structures.
It is not only about representation, but also about the limits of representation – and about the possibilities of thinking design as a tool for reflection and social change.
Mawuto Dotou is an intersectional designer in Hamburg and moves between intersectional design and subcultural black and queer pop culture in her design practice.
Mawuto is the seventh resident of the Stiftung Hamburger Kunstsammlungen at the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, gives talks and workshops and currently teaches corporate design at the Designschule Schwerin.
