TY - JOUR
TI - Activists and creators: the different attitudes of Walloon and Silesian designers towards their communities
AU - Łapiński, Paweł
TI - Activists and creators: the different attitudes of Walloon and Silesian designers towards their communities
AB - The article offers a selective comparison of some objects of the Silesian and Walloon designers and suggests their possible interpretations. In both regions, Silesia in Poland and Wallonia in Belgium, which are bound by the similar industrial heritage, considerable efforts were made, at a certain moment in their recent history, in the field of design to modify or even reinvent the image of the region. Silesian designers seem to be still anchored in the past, often concentrated on overcoming the stereotype that weighs on their homeland. The Walloon design, however, is more keen to comment on the present and to criticize the galloping consumption, often warning about the risks of being caught by the flow of the "liquid modernity".
VL - 2017
IS - Numéro 12 Littératures populaires et cultures médiatiques: Belgique / Pologne
PY - 2017
SN - 2300-4681
C1 - 2353-8953
SP - 69
EP - 86
DO - 10.4467/23538953CE.17.025.7971
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/cahiers-erta/article/militants-et-createurs-les-differentes-attitudes-des-designers-wallons-et-silesiens-envers-leurs-communautes
KW - design
KW - Silesia
KW - Wallonia
KW - stereotype
KW - regionalism