The journal is a platform to publish our research studies on design, photography or an intersection of both.
A continual theme in the journal has been to construct practice-based activities in photography. In parallel, the approaches of acclaimed Japanese photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto (b. 1948) have served as a point in which to deconstruct conceptual art, and reframe it in a design thinking context. This is particularly true in the case of analysing Seascapes back in 2020. The goal then was to interact with the composition for a more tactile purpose.
Read MoreA major undertaking in 2022 was the project Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas. The spatial interaction of the memorial has inspired interest for several years. The journal post in 2020 provided a starting point for a more thorough research study; which later informed the photographic research project. This became a case study to demonstrate the value of design thinking in contemporary photography practice. While photographing the memorial in Berlin, another installation became a companion piece for both the project itself, and an illustration of the design thinking approach: The sculpture Berlin Junction (1987) by Richard Serra (b. 1938).
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