Selected Questions of Design Promotion and Perception During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

Selected Questions of Design Promotion and Perception During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has become a period of numerous challenges and rapid civilizational changes. The design and engineering sector had their enormous contribution at resolving many unprecedented demands. Design during the pandemic, however, does not include exclusively medical projects, but also everyday objects, focused on the rhetoric of creating a living space in isolation. The biggest challenges that design attempted to meet were projects that would enable a safe return to the pre-pandemic functioning with all possible security measures. It is worth adding that these works in the field of design are accompanied by a narrative in the media, press and on social networks, which determines its perception and its social role in this specific period of time. The paper attempts to analyse the phenomenon of the presence of design in the period of the 2020 pandemic, both in the context of the emerging projects and their innovation, as well as the perception and presentation of design in the media.