Tongji Design Week, December 2021, Shanghai
(the seminar TDW page)
Organizers
Ecology and Cultures Innovation Lab, Tongji University
DESIS Lab, Tongji University
Supporter
National Natural Science Foundation of China
☉ The organizing of this event has been supported by the National Natural Science Foundation Research Grant 2020-2022 (ID 6201101276)
During the Tongji Design Week 2021, we opened two exhibitions “Design, Nature and the Pluriverse” and “Indigo Shades” successfully with an online and offline seminar.
Speakers and researchers from Europe have shared their “ecological statements”, meaningful ideas and propositions that inspired creative ecological entanglement.
The topic of design and ecology and the discussion about how to create a less consumerist way of looking at creativity is raising lots of interest and the curators are already working on next projects and researches where design can look at nature and ecology in a respectful and learning way.
The seminar had about 30 people on site and more than 600 visitors online. We welcomed researchers from all the fields of design and arts, with an animated discussion and a virtual tour of the exhibition.
This exhibition is only one step of the research journey of the Ecology and Cultures Innovation Lab, and more teaching and research activities will follow.
Speakers
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