As part of a workshop, 20 participants explored how graphic design practice might shift when control is given away, authorship is distributed, and tools are used against their intended purposes. This collective activity emphasized collaboration through playful misuse and disjointed co-creation. While outcomes were difficult to evaluate by conventional standards, the task briefly disrupted authorship habits and surfaced questions around ego, ownership, and aesthetic control. The “hack” was aimed at design’s invisible norms — functional briefs, personal control, polished output.

Task	1. Write a Brief (5 min) write an absurd, irrational, or rule-breaking design brief on a piece of paper. Keep it short - 1-2 lines max. 2. Swap Briefs 3. Set up workstation (5 min) 4. Read the Brief and start designing 5. Rotate after 2 mins After each round, rotate to a new workstation. You will now continue the work someone else started. You may respond to, remix, or subvert what’s there — but no erasing/deleting. 6. Repeat until everyone has worked on every station.

Task

1. Write a Brief (5 min)
write an absurd, irrational, or rule-breaking design brief on a piece of paper.
Keep it short - 1-2 lines max.
2. Swap Briefs
3. Set up workstation (5 min)
4. Read the Brief and start designing
5. Rotate after 2 mins
After each round, rotate to a new workstation. You will now continue the work someone else started.
You may respond to, remix, or subvert what’s there — but no erasing/deleting.
6. Repeat until everyone has worked on every station.

4.1: Briefing/Authorship I

BRIEFINGS

OUTPUT