Echoes of tomorrow or, How to think present on the basis of the assumptions of the future : 40 years of design education at the University of Ljubljana, Academy of Fine Arts and Design

Štrubelj, Črt (author), Cvetko, Bor (photographer), Predan, Barbara (editor), Groleger, Pia (photographer), Mihailović, Andrija (photographer), Pleskovič, Luka (photographer)

As a consequence of two centuries of industrial development and exponential growth, we have found ourselves dangerously close to the thresholds of the planetary boundaries. This despite the fact that it is only staying within the planetary boundaries that can ensure suitable conditions for keeping the biological diversity of our planet at a healthy equilibrium. The repercussions of overstepping these boundaries are already tangible today. The average atmospheric temperatures are steeply increasing, the oceans are acidifying, biodiversity is falling, natural disasters are on the increase—and the truly dire consequences are yet to come. How, then, to think the present? By finally beginning to recognise that the zeitgeist transcends our present, meaning that in our dealing with the problems of the present we must also address the problems of the future. That is why today’s design must go beyond the zeitgeist and start looking into the future.

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: sustainable development, exhibition projects, water, student projects, art installations, industrial design, international exhibitions
• Work type: Catalogue
• Typology: 2.17 - Exhibition Catalogue
• Organization: ALUO - Academy of Fine Arts and Design
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Place of publishing: Ljubljana
• Publisher: Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Akademija za likovno umetnost in oblikovanje
• Year: 2024
• Number of pages: 1 spletni vir (1 datoteka PDF (26 str.))
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-155719
• ISBN: 978-961-7009-33-0
• UDC: 7.05:502.1(083.824)(0.034.2)
• COBISS.SI-ID: 191136259
• Publication date in RUL: 12.04.2024

Secondary language

• Language: English
• Title: Odmevi jutrišnjega dne ali Kako misliti sedanjost glede na domnevanja o prihodnosti : 40 let oblikovanja na Univerzi v Ljubljani, Akademiji za likovno umetnost in oblikovanje

Abstract

Z razvojem industrije preteklih stoletij in posledic razvoja eksponentne rasti v prejšnjem stoletju smo se radikalno približali vzdržnosti planetarnih meja. In to čeprav le gibanje znotraj meja planetarnih mej zagotavlja ustrezne razmere za vzdrževanje pestrega in zdravega ravnovesja življenja našega planeta. Posledice prekoračitev meja so otipljivo vidne že danes. Povprečne temperature ozračja strmo naraščajo, oceani se kisajo, upada biotska raznovrstnost, drastično se povečuje število naravnih katastrof – pri čemer pa nas prave posledice dejansko še čakajo. Kako torej misliti sedanjost? Zgolj tako, da končno začnemo razumeti, da zeitgeist oz. duh časa presega našo sedanjost, kar pomeni, da se mora naše spopadanje s trenutnimi problemi hkrati spopadati s prihodnjimi. Prav zato mora oblikovanje našega časa presegati zeitgeist in začeti gledati v prihodnost.

• Keywords: trajnost, razstavni projekti, pitna voda, regenerativno oblikovanje, študentski projekti, umetniške instalacije, mednarodne razstave, industrijsko oblikovanje