Abstract

This introduction to the first volume on the planetary condition aims to situate how design research articulates with debates on planetarity, understood as a condition that exceeds the traditional scales, frameworks, and practices of design thinking and practice. To this end, the first part intro-duces a set of phenomena that allows us to understand the grammar of the planetary; the second part discusses its implications for design intervention and research. Finally, it proposes reading the articles that make up this first special issue through three analytical coordinates that seek to delineate a planetary design agenda: attention to multiscalar worlds, the deployment of cartographies of attention, and the exploration of forms of diplomacy oriented toward terrestrial habitability.