Mission

1. Enable individuals and groups to internalize nature’s perspective and make nature more present in their decision-making processes.

2. Predict and imagine new possibilities for nature during and after the climate crisis. Decode the meanings of these possibilities and communicate them to the public, education systems, experts, and decision makers.

3. Develop and experiment with models for reciprocity and collaboration between researchers and designers, aimed at studying the future of nature and culture during the climate crisis.

• How can we expand the roles designers and creators play in humanity’s response to the climate crisis?

• How can we find new, mutually beneficial ways for designers, scientists, engineers and policy makers to work together?

• How can we change the perspective of those who act for and on behalf of humanity, ensuring they no longer prioritize humans over Earth’s other inhabitants and everything else contained within its systems?

• How can we enable the general public and our decision makers to internalize the implications of the climate crisis?

• Exploring the possibility of designing from a non-anthropocentric perspective;

• Studying non-human agency and intelligence in design; Studying non-human feelings and aesthetics;

• Exploring the question of ethics and responsibility in designing with or for non-human entities;

• Researching the potential of new forms of collaboration and co-creation between humans and non-human entities;

• Embracing the criticism over anthropocentric bias in design and attempting to overcome that bias; questioning the traditional ideas of function, benefit, and value in design;

• Looking into the possibility of developing new design languages and
aesthetics beyond the limits
of the human experience.