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- Title
The Politics of Play: Ugo La Pietra's Design Without Ends.
- Authors
Fardin, J. Igor
- Abstract
This article investigates the potential of play for design practice and theory. First, drawing on the works of linguist Emile Benveniste and philosopher Giorgio Agamben, I propose a theoretical understanding of play as an act capable of suspending and deactivating means-end relations. Second, I articulate what this deactivating potential of play entails for the field of design through close readings of a series of works by Italian architect, artist, and designer Ugo La Pietra. In doing so, I uncover the politics that this deactivation within design seems to point towards—a politics of play.
- Subjects
AGAMBEN, Giorgio, 1942-; DESIGN services; ATHLETIC fields; PRACTICAL politics; LINGUISTS; DESIGN
- Publication
Design Issues, 2023, Vol 39, Issue 3, p19
- ISSN
0747-9360
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1162/desi_a_00723