Superstorm - Design and Politics in the Age of Information | Silvio Lorusso, Noemi Biasetton

Superstorm: Design and Politics in the Information Age

Superstorm is a conceptual and narrative metaphor that illustrates how the relationship between political communication and new media has changed, ultimately leading to the turbulent political visual culture of the contemporary West. In this maelstrom, complex and unexpected events arise, where politics intertwines with entertainment, and communication becomes hyper-mediated through algorithms, memes, and alternative realities.

Today, politicians are refining their marketing strategies by applying them to voters, and internet users themselves are becoming trendsetters of political discourse. In such conditions, designers find themselves facing the challenge: what is their place in this new world? But even in the midst of the Superstorm , there is hope. Perhaps it is this uncertainty that opens up opportunities for rethinking the role of design in politics.

In her first book , Superstorm: Design and Politics in the Age of Information, Noémie Biasetton traces the development of this phenomenon from the 1960s to the present. She offers new guidelines that can help designers adapt to its continuous evolution and find new ways to engage with the political environment.