Understanding Critical Design Tensions With Progression Through Historical Practices

This article engages with the claimed limitation that critical design fails to address problems it condemns, such as capitalism, and suggests looking at different ways practices have related production in past. Three examples from historical moments are discussed through theoretical lens of tension progression. The discussion brings light four areas reflection which concern way we understand progression, time, socio-technical contexts, use. These — all suggesting is frictional yet can also be progressional presented perspectives relevant better position relation assess its potential contributions.