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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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p343 Stop people pleasing

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Laura Böttcher has always tried to please everyone around her. She only realized that she was gradually losing herself when she was no longer herself. She thought this was normal. She never had a problem setting limits because there were never any. She thinks about her everyday life and feels stressed. She feels guilty towards other people, and she doesn't feel understood. Now it's about creating a new naturalness! Boundaries provide a framework that helps. It must be natural not to comply with every request. It must be natural to spend free time with yourself. It must be a matter of course not to have a stressful everyday life. It must be natural to say no. Set limits. Set priorities. Say no with conviction. Take your time. Be honest with yourself. Listen to your inner voice. Ask for help. Be clear about what you want. Do something good for yourself. Appreciate yourself. Stop putting others before yourself. Don't try to please everyone; you can only lose.