Exploring design at the intersection of technology science, nature and society

This is episode #5 where I am joined by designer Natsai Audrey Chieza.

ABOUT Natsai:

Natsai is a designer working at the intersection of technology science and nature and society. She is the founder of Faber Futures an R & D agency that is creating new spaces and strategies that relate to climate change and biodiversity loss, and the social structures that underpin our human survival. In our conversation, Natsai explains bio-design talking us through this exciting emerging technology and the implications it has on devising and creating better sustainable design solutions for our world.

We talk about:

• The meaning of bio-design and why it matters
• Looking at alternatives to harmful materials and substances such as plastic and petroleum
• Finding solutions to problematic processes on an environmental and social level
• Cultivating and designing with living organisms
• What is it like to work with biology in a creative context where you start and what do you do
• Working with nature not against it
• The correlation between design and science how the two meet
• How she got into bio-design
• The real-world applications of bio-design and the other materials that can be created and applied the problems of fashion being a heavily polluting industry
• Responsible production in industry
• Why Natsai chose to start her company Faber Futures How having her own practice enables her to explore her ideas and work with the right teams and clients

Links and resources mentioned in this episode:

MA Central St Martins University College London Adidas x Stella McCartney Bolt Threads developed Mylo in partnership with Ecovative TEDTalk Fashion Has A Pollution Problem - Can Biology Fix It? CooperHewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum The Design Museum Gingko BioWorks Central St Martins MA Biodesign Bio-Integrated Design (Bio-ID) Bartlett School of Architecture BioDesign Challenge Global Community Bio Summit MIT

Where you can go to find out more about Natsai and Faber Futures:

https://faberfutures.com

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