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is a platform for parametric design in graphic design. It documents the work of students and teachers at the Department of Design at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW), who are investigating the significance of the system as a conceptual model and design method under the title “Parametric Design in Graphic Design.”

Design is less about intuitive, even ingenious “strokes of genius” and more about a holistic and rule-based (systemic and systematic) process of gaining knowledge and shaping form. It is becoming increasingly important to be able to design dynamic systems that both guide and inspire the design process.

Parametric design refers to this design in and of systems—with rules, their modes of operation, and systematic manipulability. The research project, led by Prof. Heike Grebin, is an integral part of teaching and aims to raise awareness of design as a performative process.

Play the System brings together selected study projects in which the system plays an important role as a design method – whether analog or digital. The works are created in a fruitful symbiosis of theory, design, and technology. Socially relevant issues and positions from philosophy, art, and avant-garde design from around 1900 to the present day are repeatedly discussed.

Play the System is an invitation to become aware of the systemic competence of graphic design and to gain the maturity to use the tools of digital design critically.

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p249 No More Fortress Europe

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Since 2014, the length of border fences at the EU's external borders and within the Schengen area has increased more than sixfold. In addition, these border areas are increasingly being militarized and technologically upgraded, monitored by satellites, drones, and artificial intelligence. These measures often violate the privacy of those seeking protection and undermine the right to asylum. Instead of creating safe and legal escape routes, the EU is focusing on isolation and deterrence, disregarding its humanitarian obligations and forcing those seeking protection to take dangerous routes. The poster series calls for a rethink towards a fair policy that complies with human rights at Europe's external borders.