How might our understanding of non-human behaviours (e.g. plant physiology, animal cognition) transform our approach to design?
Our design practices have been fundamentally shaped by human-centered perspectives and synthetic materials. However, revisiting the fundamentals that created this anthropocentric context can reshape our technological transformation toward a more ecological view. At the cusp of technologies that can be applied broadly across living and organic systems, there is an opportunity to expand design beyond human behaviour to incorporate the behaviours of plants, animals, and organic materials themselves.
In this talk, Prof. Harpreet Sareen will discuss Interaction Design from the vantage point of living organisms and organic matter, exploring how biological processes, material properties, and non-human behaviours can inform new designapproaches. Through projects that engage with plant physiology, animal cognition, and the inherent properties of organic materials like algae, fungi, and biomaterials, Prof. Sareen will demonstrate how these systems exhibit their own forms of responsiveness and adaptations. Understanding these material and biological processes can inform practices that design with and for non-humans, creating new possibilities for human/non-human/material collaborations in our technological future.
How might our understanding of non-human behaviours (e.g. plant physiology, animal cognition) transform our approach to design?
Our design practices have been fundamentally shaped by human-centered perspectives and synthetic materials. However, revisiting the fundamentals that created this anthropocentric context can reshape our technological transformation toward a more ecological view. At the cusp of technologies that can be applied broadly across living and organic systems, there is an opportunity to expand design beyond human behaviour to incorporate the behaviours of plants, animals, and organic materials themselves.
In this talk, Prof. Harpreet Sareen will discuss Interaction Design from the vantage point of living organisms and organic matter, exploring how biological processes, material properties, and non-human behaviours can inform new designapproaches. Through projects that engage with plant physiology, animal cognition, and the inherent properties of organic materials like algae, fungi, and biomaterials, Prof. Sareen will demonstrate how these systems exhibit their own forms of responsiveness and adaptations. Understanding these material and biological processes can inform practices that design with and for non-humans, creating new possibilities for human/non-human/material collaborations in our technological future.
Language | English
Speaker | Prof. Harpreet Sareen (Associate Professor of Interaction and Media Design at Parsons School of Design, The New School (New York))
Moderator | Prof. Chan Kachi, (Assistant Professor of Academy of Visual Arts, School of Creative Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University)