2023 MOD Ecosystems | UNIT 1 SEED | Joanna Cheng | Yuhui Gou | Kirry Li | Harry Mann | Weronika Turowska
In 2150, as the climate crisis fuels population-food-pessimism and soil loss, can we still use soil for cultivating ornamental plants? Through this speculative design project, we envision the decellularized flowers of the future: ornamentals, even terrariums, populated with pigmented bacteria.
Through a process of decellularisation, the structures of preexisting decorative plants are reborn, becoming the scaffolds of new ‘life’; those which will adorn the living spaces of the future.
S. marcescens on a decellularised rose petal
Tutors: Nancy Diniz - Course Leader MA Biodesign /
Alice Taylor - Lecturer Biology and Living Systems /
Jon Flint - Lecturer in Design and Fabrication /
Lucrezia Alessandroni - Visiting Practitioner /
Technical Support: Paula Corsini – Specialist Grow Lab Technician / Barbara Paes –
Specialist Grow Lab Technician /
MA Biodesign CSM UAL 2023/24