Unmasking the Mask

Press/Media: Public Engagement

Description

Unmasking the Mask, a column written during covid time.

Everything that is designed influences our cultures and societies. Likewise, cultures and societies, with their respective belief systems and values, influence designers in terms of why they design, how they design, and what they design. There’s a continuous interaction between designing and being designed, between people and the designed world. What is the cultural significance of the defining - and sometimes divisive - symbol of the corona pandemic: the mask?

Period15 Jun 2020

Media contributions

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Media contributions

  • TitleUnmasking the Mask
    Media name/outletTUDelft Stories
    Duration/Length/Size1337 words
    Country/TerritoryNetherlands
    Date15/06/20
    DescriptionEverything that is designed influences our cultures and societies. Likewise, cultures and societies, with their respective belief systems and values, influence designers in terms of why they design, how they design, and what they design. There’s a continuous interaction between designing and being designed, between people and the designed world. What is the cultural significance of the defining - and sometimes divisive - symbol of the corona pandemic: the mask?
    Producer/AuthorAnnemiek G.C. van Boeijen
    URLhttps://www.tudelft.nl/en/stories/articles/unmasking-the-mask
    PersonsA.G.C. van Boeijen
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Keywords

  • culture sensitive design
  • diversity
  • inclusion
  • stigma