ABSTRACT
It may seem strange to some to ask what criticality in art, architecture, and design is good for. Criticality, criticism, and critical thinking are essential to creative practice is not contested, but rather we ask whether it is still doing its job. In a world saturated with information, 'post-truths,' and 'fake news,' perhaps we have never needed to rethink criticality more than we do today. Creative practitioners must acknowledge their role within the capitalist systems that societies are built on and question what their works says about the world and what the designed/manufactured world says about them, not only as creative practitioners and thinkers, but, more importantly, as global citizens. There is no doubt that globalization has changed the way we live, interact, and consume, which has had a substantial impact on how we define and construct culture around the world. The chapter also presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in this book.
