Poetry of Form

The focus of this project is on how design can be influenced by digital and technological transformation (computational design and digital fabrication processes) and how as a result it can modify and change social behaviors (sustainable consumption) that help to treat the environmental crisis. So the intent is to explore these aspects by optimizing different steps in the design process such as form-finding, functional- improvement and fabrication process by taking advantage of characteristics of materials. Each material has specific characteristics and limitations that designers can exploit as new design possibilities. These properties of the material, in an effective design process, should be taken into consideration in each phase of the creation of a product (form, function, and fabrication) and should ensure a balance between all phases.

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Environmental and societal aspects.

This project wants to raise the awareness of people toward sustainable consumption and lifestyles in harmony with nature. Through innovation, it is possible to assist people to change their old consumption paradigm and adopt a new lifestyle that helps the protection of the planet’s resources. Sustainable consumption promotes environmental, social and economic benefits through recycling, reusing and reducing the amount of waste and allows us to control our negative impact on climate, the environment, and human health. The environmental strategy in the project is chosen on the basis of the circular economy system which can be as profitable as linear models and allows to keep enjoying similar products and services eliminating waste and the continual use of resources. For these reasons, the choice of material was based on its availability for everyone, recycle ability, structural characteristics, eco-friendly properties, and as much as possible, we aimed to use the waste materials of other companies. The design process itself aims the possibility of disassembling each piece. This has different benefits toward sustainable consumption such as an easier and faster recycling process as well as, replacing of failed components which gives a longer life cycle to the object.