Practicing not Knowing
Two companion booklets exploring design as a practice of not knowing.
By: Stef
26 January 2026
Practicing not Knowing are two companion booklets emerging from a design research practice situated in fog, uncertainty, and collective attention.
Developed through Pilota at the Santuario della Nebbia in Northern Italy, they explore what happens when design resists optimisation and instead stays with not knowing as a condition.
Held fore-edge to fore-edge, the booklets invite readers to engage design as a circular practice of DeSign, DeSolve, and ReBuild—through exercises, notations, and reflections. Rather than offering solutions, they propose design as a way of staying with uncertainty, allowing meaning to emerge through practice, relation, and time.
On the back of the Practicing booklet is an invitation to share your own practice notations.
Each pair is unique.
Handmade — printed, stitched or stapled, cut, and numbered.
At current, 5 pairs are printed and shown below. More will be printend on demand.
You can order a pair by sending an email with your address and preferred edition details.
If you would like to support the work, you are invited to make a contribution. Your support helps sustain future iterations of the practice.
Title: Practicing not Knowing
Author: Stef Kolman
Contributors: Meike, Martine, Lawrence, Stef
Edition: edition of 50 (signed on the verso)
Language: English
Pages: Practicing: 16 · Knowing: 12
Size: 9 × 13 cm (w × h)
Binding: mixed (staple & stitching)
Cover: mixed
Interior: 80 g BioTop
Printing: mixed (inkjet, laser, handwriting)
Colour: mixed
Availability: see individual items
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