Sandberg Design Department

The Design Department is a two-year Master’s programme at Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam (NL) that provides a collaborative environment for students to develop their projects and practices. As the design discipline is increasingly hard to define, the Design Department reserves space and time for critical reflection on how to relate and contribute to—as well as problematize—contemporary design discourse. The open structure of the curriculum allows the tutors and students to reflect on, and respond to, urgent topics and current discourses. Considering design as a practice of “making things public,” they attend to the politics inherent in design, through actively opening up, sharing, and reviewing design in progress. Modes of expression range from print work, digital interfaces, films and videos, network infrastructures, games, performances, writing, educational platforms, audio tours, and more.

The One Minutes works closely with various art education institutions internationally. For 'Snack or Food Pill?' video maker and designer Juliette Lizotte did a 5-day workshop with students Design and Ecologies of Transformation at Sandberg Instituut. Most of the works produced that week are included in the series.

The One Minutes

Using the forces of video, The One Minutes wants to contribute to creating spaces for free expression, collective imagination, and global solidarity in our different, yet deeply interconnected realities.

Every two months, The One Minutes releases a new series of one-minute films exploring our current time in moving images. Museums and cultural organisations around the world subscribe to the series. Send in your videos and participate in the project!