I presented a paper on my PhD project in the online CA2RE Hamburg Conference, in March 2021. Link below,
Abstract:
This research focuses on human-material connections in design and making practices based on experimental trials and processes, to find ways to develop materials and artefacts that are more suited for living together with the world. Although designing objects/artefacts/things from human needs has been the main approach in the current design discourse; influences from more-than-human approaches amongst others emphasize the need that we should include nonhuman entities (the earth, materials etc.) in our design process. Current environmental issues all demonstrate that we should find ways to coexist with nonhuman beings. I work with wool as a material and use felting as a designing/making activity for this approach. To include nonhuman entities into design, I connect nonhuman theories with traditional ecological knowledge, which also provides a connection to older traditions and lifestyles that can make our living more sustainable today. In this paper I emphasis nonhuman approaches and making practices.
Keywords: NONHUMAN, SUSTAINABILITY, SUSTAINABLE DESIGN, MATERIAL IN DESIGN, MAKING, WOOL, DESIGN DRIVEN RESEARCH
