Forthcoming
Franke, Björn and Sarah Owens, eds. Counterparts: Exploring Design Beyond the Human. Forthcomming.
Lange, Christian, Björn Franke, and Sarah Owens, eds. RIO. Zurich: VC Edition, Forthcomming.
2026
Franke, Björn. Design as Inquiry: Prospects of a Material Philosophy. Basel: Birkhäuser, 2026 (in press).
Franke, Björn and Sarah Owens, eds. Seeing, vol. 4. Zurich: VC Edition, 2026 (in press).
Franke, Björn. “Other Worlds, Other Minds.” In Seeing, vol. 4, edited by Björn Franke and Sarah Owens, 5–20. Zurich: VC Edition, 2026 (in press).
2025
Franke, Björn and Sarah Owens, eds. Seeing, vol. 3. Zurich: VC Edition, 2025.
Franke, Björn. “Dreams of Reversible Days.” In Seeing, vol. 3, edited by Björn Franke and Sarah Owens, 87–107. Zurich: VC Edition, 2025.
2024
Franke, Björn, and Sarah Owens, eds. Seeing, vol. 2. Zurich: VC Edition, 2024.
Franke, Björn. “Falling Upright.” In Seeing, vol. 2, edited by Björn Franke and Sarah Owens, 5–19. Zurich: VC Edition, 2024.
2023
Franke, Björn, Sarah Owens, and Annamaria Vasvari, eds. Seeing, vol. 1. Zurich: VC Edition, 2023.
Franke, Björn, Sarah Owens, and Annamaria Vasvari, eds. Hyperimages. Zurich: VC Edition, 2023.
2022
Franke, Björn. “Undesign and Understanding.” In Critical by Design? Cultures, Epistemologies, Practices, edited by Claudia Mareis, Michael Renner, and Moritz Greiner-Petter, 268–284. Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag, 2022.
Lange, Christian, Björn Franke, and Sarah Owens, eds. Trainspots. Zurich: VC Edition, 2022.
2020
Franke, Björn and Hansuli Matter, eds. Not at Your Service: Manifestos for Design. Basel: Birkhäuser, 2020.
Franke, Björn. “Not At Your Service: An Introductory Essay.” In Not at Your Service: Manifestos for Design, edited by Björn Franke and Hansuli Matter, xix–xxxii. Basel: Birkhäuser, 2020.
2018
Franke, Björn and Sarah Owens, eds. 94 Strange Sensations – A Dictionary of the Unseen: A Ghost Story for Grown-Ups. Zurich: VC Edition, 2018.
2016
Franke, Björn. “Design as Inquiry: Prospects for a Material Philosophy.” PhD dissertation, Royal College of Art, 2016.
2012
Franke, Björn. “Mind Hygiene.” In The Design of the (In)Human, edited by Julia Warmers. Stuttgart: Merz & Solitude, 2013.
2010
Franke, Björn, “Design Fiction is Not Necessarily About the Future.”In Negotiating Futures – Design Fiction, edited by Swiss Design Network, 80–90. Basel: Swiss Design Network, 2010.
Franke, Björn. Violent Machines for Troubled Times. Bad Ems: Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral, 2010.
Franke, Björn. Design as Ethical and Moral Inquiry.” CEPHAD 2010: The Borderland between Philosophy and Design Research. Copenhagen Working Papers on Design No. 1 (2010): 71–72.
Franke, Björn. “Violent Machines for Troubled Times.” In Things Beyond Control: Like Love and Art, edited by Jean-Baptiste Joly, 88-89. Stuttgart: Merz & Solitude, 2010.
2009
Franke, Björn. “Design as a Medium for Inquiry.” In Multiple Ways to Design Research: Research Cases That Reshape the Design Discipline, edited by Swiss Design Network, 225–232. Milano: et al., 2009.
Franke, Björn. “Traces of an Imaginary Affair.” In Fetisch + Konsum/Fetish + Consumption, edited by Jean-Baptiste Joly, Catherine Perret, and Julia Warmers. Stuttgart: Merz & Solitude, 2009.
2005
Franke, Björn. “Apocalyptic Architecture.” MA thesis, Royal College of Art, 2005.