In this position paper we present Municipan, an artefact resulting from a post-growth design experiment, applied in a student design project. In contrast to mainstream human-centered design directed at efficiency and convenience, which we argue leads to deskilling, dependency, and the progression of the climate crisis, we challenged students to envision an opposite user that is willing to invest time and effort and learn new skills. While Municipan is not a direct step towards a postgrowth society, integrating the way it was created in design education can act as a nucleus, bringing forth design professionals inclined to create technologies with potential to gradually transform society towards postgrowth living. Bringing in examples from our own research, we illustrate that designs created in this mindset, such as heating systems that train cold resistance, or navigation systems that train orientation have potential to reskill users, reduce technological dependency and steer consumption within planetary limits.

翻译：本文提出了一种立场性观点，介绍了一项源于后增长设计实验的产物——Municipan，并将其应用于学生设计项目中。主流以人为中心的设计追求效率与便利，我们认为这导致了技能退化、依赖性增强及气候危机的加剧。与此相反，我们引导学生设想一种愿意投入时间、精力并学习新技能的用户。尽管Municipan并非直接迈向后增长社会的一步，但将其创作方式融入设计教育可作为核心，培养出倾向于创造技术的设计专业人士，这些技术有潜力逐步引导社会向后增长生活方式转型。通过引入自身研究案例，我们展示了在此思维模式下设计的产品（如训练耐寒能力的供暖系统、训练方向感的导航系统）如何重新培养用户技能、减少技术依赖，并将消费限制在地球边界内。