The book was born with the desire to introduce a particular perspective from which to reflect, investigate and address art and design practices. This perspective arises from the desire to understand how these practices not only shape the world, but also to understand how this world influences, conditions and determines these practices. An interaction that has been called an ecological perspective of art and design. The authors have been involved in teaching and research for some time. In this way, what is presented is a transfer of a series of debates, interests and concerns that have been shared in different spaces during the last years.