Students of the LHÍ design department investigate information chaos
Over the past six months, students have a product design and master's program Master in Design and New Environments at LHÍ, together with four students at the Elisava University of Design in Barcelona, we worked on a study of information chaos on video-driven social media with a special focus on climate issues. The project is called Weaponized Weather studies how climate anxiety and climate change denial go hand in hand with image creation and influencer discourse within specific echolocation caves.
The project is part of an international collaborative project of seven European art universities called Climate Truth Crisis (CTC), with ELIA (European League of Institutes of the Arts) being the eighth partner The CTC project is funded by the Erasmus+ KA220 fund and received a €400,000 grant in 2024 for three years The goal of the project is to promote young designers in analyzing information chaos and addressing its impact, with a particular focus on climate issues.
Last Tuesday, May 5, the students presented the first results of the project at international Conference of Science and Technology Studies in Graz and on Thursday, May 7, they hosted a workshop at Elisava in Barcelona Participants in the workshop came from other participating schools of the project, with the whole week devoted to training students under the banner of CTC.
The workshop marks a turning point in the development of the project, which recently received a generous grant from the Student Innovation Fund, which supports the continued work of students in the 12th month of people. This summer, the project development continues with an emphasis on the analysis and production of video-driven content for social media, the creation of podcasts, the development of a workshop and the writing of a book chapter for a book expected to be commissioned by the project.
Participants in the project Weaponized Weather Dorothea Olesen Halldórsdóttir, Helga Thors, Kjartan Thors Hagedorn-Olsen and Max Greiner are on behalf of LHÍ and Nuria Sánchez Garcia, Aina Garcia Almirón, Maria Martin Juan and Laia Pascual Llena on behalf of ELISAVA. The project's instructors are Marteinn Sindri Jónsson, associate professor and director of studies at the design department of LHÍ and Saúl Baeza, director of the Master in Design for Emergent Futures (MDEF) at Elisava. Other representatives of LHÍ in the CTC are Björg Stefánsdóttir, director of the international office. Hrefna Sigurðardóttir, lecturer in graphic design, Ólína Pétursdóttir, dean of the design department and Þóra Einarsdóttir, assistant rector of studies and teaching.
Photo: Ardila
