Film & Talk about Design Research between Theory and Practice

Permission to Muck About is a documentary film about the past, present and future of Design Research. The film is a collaboration between Dr David Philip Green and Dr Joseph Lindley. The aim is to promote the value of practice as a way of making sense of the world, to provoke debate about the role of art, design, and science in the 21st century, and to provide an accessible view on what Design Research is, where it has come from, and where it could be going.

We will be screening the film, and then have the opportunity for a Q&A with Joe Lindley, to discuss our potential to transform practice into knowledge – and vice versa.

3rd July 2025
Linke Kapelle (HfG Offenbach)
Schlossstraße 31, D-63065 Offenbach am Main
start: 5 pm
film begins: 5:30 pm
Q&A session: 6:30 pm

Joseph Lindley is a Senior Research Fellow at Imagination Lancaster, where he leads Design Research Works. Their mission is to evidence and advocate for the value of Design Research. To support this, they produced and recently released a landmark documentary titled Permission to Muck About, which explores the intellectual stories of Design Research, shows who does it, and explains how we can benefit from it. Joseph Lindley also contribute towards emerging theories of More-Than-Human Design and has several ongoing practice-based projects exploring new interactions with Generative AI.

Presented by Tom Bieling & Susanne Wieland (Lehrgebiet Designtheorie)