SBYD.SPACE creates SPACES of possibility for exploring sustainable alternatives. Each SPACE is composed of a different set of interdisciplinary team members – akin to a working group. In different and continuously evolving SPACES, such as the SPACE FOR REPAIR, the SPACE FOR BIOMATERIALS, and the SPACE FOR TEXTILES, room is created for projects that pursue a circular, resource-light, and regenerative design approach. The SPACES form a thematic and conceptual structure within SBYD, around which activities such as interdisciplinary workshops, design projects, and exhibitions are clustered. Each SPACE approaches sustainability with a slightly different perspective, definition, and way of working, creating a multiperspective approach within SBYD that makes different possibilities of sustainable living and production visible and tangible.
The SPACE FOR BIOMATERIALS works at the intersection of design and materials science. It experimentally develops and explores bio-based materials. How can the use of bio-based materials foster regenerative design approaches, for example through the use of waste materials or materials from paludiculture? How can designers engage with microbiology to develop alternative materials and colours?
The workshop offers an introduction to dyeing with plants. We will dye textiles using plant-based materials and visualise different plant components through chromatography.
The SPACE FOR TEXTILES examines factors influencing the lifespan of textile objects. Which contributions can design make to foster the use of textiles to be as long and sustainable as possible? Which potential lies in the interplay between craftsmanship, tradition, decentralised, and industrial production for the future?
The SPACE FOR REPAIR works at the intersection of craft, technology, longevity, and repair. The decision whether to repair a broken object is often complex. Economic, cognitive, emotional, cultural, infrastructural, and political factors are involved. How can design promote and consolidate a culture of repair?
The SPACE FOR NARRATIVES collects and mediates stories of everyday practices, intentions and assumptions around sustainability, to get a more profound understanding on how our daily lives are interwoven in complex narratives of sustainable transitions. How can models from sustainability research be transformed into tangible narratives that discuss more sustainable futures? How can design help to generate and implement these narratives?
The SPACE FOR FOOD explores the interconnections between food, culture, technology, and sustainability. Food reveals the entangled complexity of our contemporary world: From global supply chains and agricultural technologies to cultural practices, rituals, and the impact of food on both human and planetary wellbeing, food plays a significant role in shaping the world we want to live in. Through an experimental design approach, we investigate how food practices could become more resilient and sustainable.
On our foraging walk, we will explore edible wild plants, learn to identify their characteristics, and later experiment with their culinary possibilities.