Using Speculative Design In Your Business To Activate Holistic Systems Change

This 33 minute Lesson from the Co-Founder of transdisciplinary design research lab and consultancy, Post Carbon Lab, will address notions of design theory that you may have heard of, though not had the chance to put into practice. Dian-Jen Lin (or DJ), is both a designer and researcher with a background in fashion, who started developing a microbial dye and photosynthetic coating that could be used commercially. Starting with the question of "how can fashion be ecological", this biohacking consultancy have been able to apply speculative R&D to this thinking, and enable projects to come to life that nudge consumer habit into also asking these bigger, holistic questions.

Without being in the academic space, often these questions about design theory feel irrelevant. You're just a designer, right? Jump into this lesson to appreciate how integral it is for you and your business to recognise the role it can play in activating systemic change within fashion and other sectors. You will also hear about the really cool microbial dyes and photosynthetic coating.