Workshop JDRC
This workshop builds on the idea of hacking; not as breaking systems, but as gently subverting them. In my thesis, hacking meant shifting rules, misusing tools, and noticing how even small interventions can reshape the way we work. And because design systems don’t just live in software but also between people, the only way to truly understand them is through collective experimentation. That’s what we’re here to do.
We’ll explore a simple principle: change the system, and the process changes; change the process, and the outcome changes. One of the quickest ways to shift a system is by misusing the tools we take for granted
In this workshop, you’ll work in small groups on a familiar design task, but with an intentionally “wrong” tool or constraint. The goal isn’t to correct the tool or fight against the limitation, but to lean into it, observing how it alters your collaboration, organisation, and authorship.