The Unknown in Design, Art, and Technology: Contributions to a Philosophy of Making

Today, we not only design and produce artifacts, but also subjective experiences, life models and social change. This active shaping of our life circumstances is usually seen as a plannable and methodical activity. However, practice shows that a multitude of uncertainties, non-conceptualizable actions and forms of not-knowing are involved in these processes. The contributions in this volume are dedicated to dealing with the unknown in design, art, and technology.

Georg Trogemann has been a professor of experimental informatics at Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln since 1994. In 1977, he completed an apprenticeship as a carpenter. He studied computer science and mathematics at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, where he received his doctorate in 1990. From 1997 to 1999, and then later from 2004 to 2006, he was the pro-rector for research and infrastructure at Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln. His research topics include experimental algorithms, philosophy of technology, and the theory of design and artifacts.