ABSTRACT

Emergent Objects: Performance and Interdisciplinary Design at the Human/Technological Interface Dr Joslin McKinney, Alice Bayliss, Dr Sita Popat and Prof. Mick Wallis, (University of Leeds)

The Emergent Objects project (EO) was an interdisciplinary and cross-sector initiative designed to promote new ways of thinking about both design and designing from a performance perspective. A key aim was to increase understanding of the role of design in a technological society, and in particular to explore and articulate the emergent nature of the interface between technological object and human that is fundamental to the development of new design thinking and practices.