Sustainable Unmaking

Collaborators:
Fiona Bell
Nadia Campo Woytuk
Marie Louise Juul Søndergaard
Katherine Song
Mirela Alistar
Leah Buechley

Years:
2024-present

Description:
This project explores processes of unmaking—biodegradation, decay, reuse, and repair—as sustainable modes of design. It spans the development of new materials, practices, and interactions. Through unmaking, we actively challenge anthropocentric hierarchies, reconfiguring entangled relationships between human and more-than-human agents in the design process to enable planetary sustainability and flourishing.

Publications:
• Sustainable Unmaking: Designing for Biodegradation, Decay, and Disassembly
• Biodegradation as More-than-Human Unmaking
• Directions for Degradation: Multispecies Entanglements with 3D Printed Biomaterials