Design is not a Survival Instinct

This week we have spent our time on a joint project with 2nd year students titled 'Design is Dead... Long Live Design!'
We were put into randomly chosen groups, and given a randomly picked design issue. Our group (Alex, Harriet, Henry and I) had the topic 'Design is not a survival instinct' and another group had 'Design is a survival instinct'. We spent the week preparing fliers, objects and props, and on Friday we presented our debate in the main hall. The aim was to win over the audience, which we did - 73 votes to 7!
The other winning teams were:
Design should not be for the art gallery market
Design is blue collar
Design is not context driven
Design is pollution
Design should be playful
Design should not serve industry
Design is a problem solving activity
Design should aid social mobility
Design is activism
During the week we made objects that went against survival instincts (e.g. food that stops you eating it) and screen printed t-shirts. I learnt how to make a flashing LED teddy bear!