Professor
BECKETT, STEPHEN J.
Assistant Professor, Visual Communication Design
StephenJBeckett@gmail.com
Stephen Beckett teaches design theory, history, research and psychology. His research interests centre on the convergence of design theory and critical theory, especially psychoanalysis, semiotics and the philosophy of Kant and Hegel. Recent academic publications include articles on the application of dialectical logic to design, complexity theory, cybernetics and sexual difference in the work of psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan.
MAJOR
Design Theory, Design History, Design Psychology
BIOGRAPHY
2014
PhD Design, IDAS (Hongik University)
2002
MA Critical Theory, Manchester Metropolitan University
2000
BA English, Manchester Metropolitan University
2014-present
Assistant Professor, Visual Communication Design, Hongik University
2007-14
Assistant Professor, Visual Communication Design, Hansei University
PUBLICATIONS
2020
“Knowledge Conditioned by the Void: On Complexity and the Design Problem”, Design Issues
2019
“The Autonomy of the Symbolic: On Lacan’s Cybernetic Seminar”, The Journal of Contemporary Psychoanalysis
2017
“The Logic of the Design Problem: A Dialectical Approach”, Design Issues
2017
“Sexual Difference as Antinomy and Antagonism”, Journal of Lacan and Contemporary Psychoanalysis
2016
“Subjectivity and Meaning as Aspects of Product Experience”, Journal of the Korean Society of Design Culture
2015
“Structuring Fashion as a Field of Knowledge”, Journal of Lacan and Contemporary Psychoanalysis
2015
“Reasserting the Place of the Subject in Design Theory”, Journal of the Korean Association of Art History
2015
“Neither Dokdo, Nor the DDP: An Argument for Negative Hybridity”, Trans-Humanities
2014
“Design as Ideology: An Analysis of the Global and Local in South Korean Design”, The Design Journal
2013
“Moving Beyond Tradition: Overcoming the Structural Limitations of Korean Design Identity”, Korean Journal of Digital Design