Design 360° Magazine No.86 Individual Gravity

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No.86 Individual Gravity | 個體引力

Since the emergence of design, design organizations have had various forms. With the development so far, a lot of individual design studios are thriving with numerous outstanding skills from design, curating, installation to coding as well as fewer human resources.

Under the influence of the Internet and globalization, the stability of occupations has been significantly weakened, and new demands bring about new working methods. “Studios” thus have developed different forms. Among them, “collective” has become a high-frequency word in the creative field, which refers to a spontaneously formed micro collaborative network with a high degree of division of labor. This network gathers designs from all over the world and seeks the most suitable creative person for each project. Compared with large design firms, independent studios often have a different scene: a freer state, a more flexible partnership, a larger creative space, and a more equal work structure.

With the shutdown of part of social functions caused by the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020, it seems to have a more unique meaning to mention individual capacity at this time. The studios we interviewed this time have been involved in remote and mobile working for a long time. They provide us with other aspects of the thinking and logic about organization through sharing their own perceptions of this working method and different tools.

自設計興起以來，設計工作的組織形式各式各樣。發展至今，不少個體設計工作室，雖然人力甚少，卻有著從設計、策展、裝置到編程等百般武藝，通過越來越發達的遠程技術與媒體網絡，迸發著遠超規模的創意能量。

在互聯網和全球化的影響下，職業的穩定性明顯削弱，不斷產生的新需求催生了新型工作方法，而“工作室”也衍生出了不同的形態。其中，“集合體”成為了創意領域的一個高頻詞彙，它指代一種自發形成高度分工的微型協同網絡，用按需組隊的方式聚集各地創意，找到最適合每個項目的創作人員。相比起大型設計公司，獨立工作室往往有著另一番景象：更自由的狀態、更靈活的合作關係、更大的創作空間、更平等的工作架構等。

在這個時刻提及個體能力，在2020年爆發的新冠疫情所引發的部分社會功能的停擺下，仿佛有著更獨特的時代意義。本期採訪的工作室，正是早已涉足遠程工作和移動辦公。他們所分享自己對這種工作方法的感悟以及各自使用的工具，為大家提供了另外一種組織思維方式與邏輯。