Since 2004, Design2context, the Institute of Design Research at the Zurich University of Arts, has undertaken research into issues relating to the social and disciplinary context of design with the aim of fostering a design practic that is characterized by critical reflexivity and a responsible attitude, and of promoting further research in the field of the sociology of design. The research program runs parallel with postgraduate programs, public events, and consultancy activities.
Within the framework of this research focus a series of colloquiums was organized in 2007/2008 around the theme of "Disorientation/Orientation", featuring a range of international and interdisciplinary contributions and accompanied by a postgraduate program initiated by Ruedi Baur and coordinated by him and Andrea Gleiniger.
This volume (the second of two) brings together contributions from a wide range of scholarly and design disciplines.