Neri Oxman and the Mediated Matter group (MIT)
Neri Oxman and MIT's Mediated Matter group show how design can grow with living organisms, such as silkworm-spun pavilions, instead of only extracting raw materials.
The work of Neri Oxman and the Mediated Matter group at MIT, for example, explores how to design and fabricate with living matter—using silkworms to spin pavilions or crustaceans to form architectural structures. This represents a profound shift from extracting materials to growing them, moving towards a truly regenerative model.
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- Mediated Matter Group (Neri Oxman, MIT) · the same subject in the book: The Mediated Matter group
- Design for the Real World (book by Victor Papanek) · discussed together in section 109
- Frame Innovation: Create New Thinking by Design (Kees Dorst) · discussed together in section 109
- How Designers Think (Bryan Lawson) · discussed together in section 109
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- Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change · discussed together in section 109
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- Sustainability
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- Chapter 15, section 146 · Alignment with the Four Mottos
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