At the turn of the twenty-first century, human activity is changing the world faster than ever before. The former limits between designer, manufacturer and consumer are being blurred by the access to digital tools and network communication. However, the democratic promise brought by the networked culture, custom design and distributed fabrication surpassing mass production model, seems to be still embedded within the logics of capitalist consumerism. That’s the reason why Adhocracy is more than an exhibition, a research process open to everyone with the will to use design as a powerful critical tool.
