Real Fiction - Rosario Hurtado & Daniel Charny

May is the perfect time to think idealistically and ideologically about design. The Institute of Design die Angewandte has invited six designers who use multiple methods and practises, crossing between education, research and design business, to contribute to a discussion about imagination, experimentation and cultural practice. Can design infect reality? Can imagination be influential as an instigator of change?

El Ultimo Grito is the creative partnership of Rosario Hurtado and Roberto Feo. Founded in 1997 in London. El Ultimo Grito’s work continuously researches our relationships with objects and culture, exploring them across disciplines in a wide variety of projects which range from interiors to graphics. Their work has been widely published, awarded and exhibited in temporary and permanent design.

Daniel Charny is an independent curator, co-founder of creative projects consultancy From Now On and Senior Tutor at the Royal College of Art. Between 2002-2010 he was the founding curator of the Aram Gallery for experimental and new design. From Now On are Content and Interpretation Consultants to the Design Museum London. He recently curated the hugely successful Power of Making exhibition at the V&A, London.