We are pleased to announce a workshop that we will be running at this year’s Research Through Design Conference.
This workshop invites participants to explore wellbeing – generating new knowledge, interpretations and definitions of Field research and design practice combine in the Recombinant Flora Workshop. The collaborative Designers and Forests will lead an exploration of the Botanical Gardens of TU Delft. Participants will observe the plants, generating formal stylizations that will be combined through guided experiments in Processing. Through randomization, the program will mimic the genetic recombination of the hybridization process and provide a unique method of collaboration for participants. The “species” that result from the workshop will be shared with the conference through static images and animations.
This workshop uses a practical methodology to explore how designers can spur environmental research and posit possible ecological futures through their observations and unique skill sets. Recombinant Flora is an investigation of the relationship between humanity and ecology, and ideas of conservation, climate change, and botanical refugees.