Peter Hall, A Baker's Dozen: Texts for DesignInquiry Futurespective, 2019—2004

In 2019, the Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art mounted DesignInquiry: Futurespective, a celebration of DesignInquiry, a non-profit educational organization that explores pressing issues in design and culture. The exhibition was staged as a series of installations that demonstrated how DesignInquiry engages in open-ended extra-disciplinary exchange and traced the organization's activities over more than a decade of existence. On the occasion of the exhibition, DesignInquiry published a collection of essays by design writer and DI co-founder Peter Hall. Bound together for the first time, the collection proceeds in reverse chronological order. The essays create legible series of texts reflecting on DesignInquiry gatherings and efforts between 2005 and 2018, bringing clarity to the on-going collaborative efforts of DesignInquiry participants and providing insight to others interested in launching similar or sibling efforts. Contents: Introduction: A Few IngredientsSitua