52. Design is mainly understood as the activity
of producing more or less useful artefacts,
but not necessarily as a political activity.
The design of an artefact, however, is
always also a political decision about how
people should live, communicate or behave.
Furthermore, design can be used as a
political instrument in the form of activism,
or as a medium to discuss and dream
about possible or better futures.
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