eating/thinking/writing/playing
Aurélie Fontan is a sustainable fashion designer focused on biodesign and ethical manufacturing processes. She has been working at the ASCUS Art & Science Lab for two years, researching and practicing biodesign with slime mould and kombucha, applied to fashion artefacts. Aurélie is the recipient of numerous awards: Dame Vivienne Westwood Sustainable and Ethical Award,…
Read More
“Non-methodological, non-theoretical and impractical interventions.” In Western society, as etiquette dictates, we’re urged from a young age not to lick our plates after eating. Certainly, it’s frowned upon to go around “licking everything in sight”. However, this is just what the ‘Lickable Cities’ research project aims to do with their self-declared international “impractical research community”…
Read MoreI had shoved The Virtues of the Table into my tote bag on my way to the hospital. “There’ll be plenty of time to read,” I thought, especially if they have to do tests. I had shoved The Virtues of the Table into my tote bag on my way to the hospital. “There’ll be plenty…
Read More
Illustration of Food and Design Manifesto by Su Hyun Park The Dutch Institute of Food & Design creates a global platform for designers working with food and eating. They explore how we create food and what, why and how we eat. They show the relevance of food connected to design and design connected to food. My aim…
Read More
It’s an early morning and you’re getting into a car with two strangers. As a non-driver you’re grateful for a lift, because you’re going to the sort of location in the country that is hard to find on Google maps. A fact which reassures you that it’s probably going to be an interesting place and…
Read More