Mostra o Teu! Metadesign e ações colaborativas em Fortaleza - CE

Abstract

The Design field is an essential piece of the capitalist system once its actions in the development of projects are guided by the modernity and deeply attached to profit acquisition by capturing the other by desire. Designing against this economic and political structure is urgent for those who are hampered by the sustaining strategies of this system in which the power is held by a small group of private individuals. The collective action of a group of Design students from Universidad Federal do Ceará arised through this concern and gave birth to Mostra o teu! Creative ecosystem. This platform uses dialectical thinking to articulate collaborative events that consider the territory in which the project is being designed as one of the agents of the designing process. This research intends to investigate the experiments and events that have already been held by the Creative ecosystem. Nevertheless, it is also an interest of this study to expand the Design theoretical field with an active design proposition that does not fit on the usual modern model of project development. In this regard, as we analyze and organize the ramifications of Mostra o teu! designing processes, we elaborate management strategies to collaborative and emerging projects. Therefore, we use and present Metadesign (GIACCARDI, 2003. VASSAO,2010) as a concept and also as a method which led us to build an experience map. This mapping experience is used, by designers and non-designers, as a supportive tool to collaborative actions that can be restructured, adapted and interpreted according to the needs of the site/territory in which the project is being designed.