Felix Kosok

Felix Kosok, a research associate at the Offenbach University of Art and Design since 2016, focuses on the intersection of design, politics, and freedom. His 2021 dissertation, Form, Function and Freedom, explores how design interacts with the culture of freedom constitutive for democracy.

• University: Offenbach University of Art and Design
• School: School of Art
• Academic Rank: Researcher

Research Interests: His work emphasizes the political significance of design, arguing that design's aesthetic dimension cannot be separated from its role in shaping democratic cultures. He investigates how design reinterprets functional contexts to maintain social changeability through anti-essentialist frameworks.

Article Trends: Kosok's research centers on design's capacity to challenge conventional social structures, blending aesthetics with political theory to critique institutional processes and advocate for critical design discourse.

Advisors: Supervised by Prof. Dr. Juliane Rebentisch and Prof. Klaus Hesse.