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Decentering Design explores more-than-human theory and practice in the context of design. Through our projects - design, artistic and research - we question the worldview as we know it and offer insights, outlooks and strategies to design for a more equitable world.
Decentering Design explores more-than-human theory and practice in the context of design. Through our projects - design, artistic and research - we question the worldview as we know it and offer insights, outlooks and strategies to design for a more equitable world.
bert.deroo@hogent.be
Giliam Ganzevles
giliam.ganzevles@hogent.be
Jo Boonen
jo.boonen@hogent.be
2024-2028
Artistic Research Project
KASK & Conservatory HOGENT Howest
2025-2028
PWO-Funded Research Project
KASK & Conservatory HOGENT Howest
2020-2025
PWO-Funded Research Project
KASK & Conservatory HOGENT Howest
Howest University of Applied Sciences
Deliège G., (2025, August 28). De wolf weet nog niet dat de mens meer van pony's dan van schapen houdt. De Standaard. https://www.archined.nl/2025/08/landschapsliefde/
Boonen, J., & De Roo, B. (2025, August 26). Landschapsliefde. Archined. https://www.archined.nl/2025/08/landschapsliefde/
Practice in a More-than-Human World
Ganzevles, G., & De Roo, B. (Eds.). (2025, March). Decentering Design – Practice in a More-than-Human World. Art Paper Editions. ISBN 978-9464775853
De Roo, Bert & Ganzevles, Giliam. (2024). Towards Intermediate Zones: Artefacts of the Umwelt Design Approach. 10.63442/LLJN6584.
De Roo, B. & Deliège, G. (2023, September 14). Een stem voor plant en dier op de Arsenaalsite. Onrust Magazine.
De Roo, Bert & Ganzevles, Giliam. (2023). The Umwelt-sketch as More-than-human Design Methodology: Decentering the design process from human-centered towards more-than-human-centered. 203-206. 10.1145/3563703.3596628.
Symposium Beyond Intelligences, FHV Vorarlberg, Dornbirn, AU.
Archi-Tree-Tecture, Lithuanian Pavillion, Venice Biennale, Venice, IT.
Archi-Tree-Tecture, Lithuanian Pavillion, Venice Biennale, Venice, IT.
Toekomstatelier: Meer-dan-menselijke perspectieven in landschapsarchitectuur, Blikveld VZW, Industriemuseum Gent, Ghent, BE.
Kunsthal Gent, Ghent, BE.
Postgraduate Space & Service Design, Thomas More, Mechelen, BE.
UX Ghent - Planet Centric Design, KASK & Conservatory, Ghent, BE.
UHasselt - Faculty Architecture and Art, Hasselt, BE.
These Sites are (Not) Vacant! Rubber Boots Methods for Researching the Living City, Seminar Research Methods for the Living City, Faculty of Architecture, KU Leuven, Evere, Brussels, BE.
P/References of Design, Cumulus Conference, MOME, Budapest, HU.
P/References of Design, Cumulus Conference, MOME, Budapest, HU.
Design Dialogues, Design × More-than-Human, Design Museum Gent, Ghent, BE.
ACM DIS23: Rebuilding & Resilience, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
TUSSENTIJD ALS LABO: Wat de Arsenaalsite kan leren over natuurinclusieve gebiedsontwikkeling, KASK & Conservatory, Ghent, BE.
Category Design Research
Last Updated 24.10.31