Resilience article — Design Shades

Primal 2.0

Ecological concerns and the idea that the world like we know it is already doomed is common knowledge. But it often feels like a far away concept.
2020 and the global pandemic gave us a taste of what a drastic change of reality is and it was already a big lesson for most people. It made us learn in a global way the concept of Resilience. It showed us how to accept and adapt to things that we have no control upon.
But unfortunately the global pandemic was probably just a glimpse of what awaits in the future. Already the war in Ukraine immediately followed. At some point, we will have to go back to a state of survival, go back to being primal.
How to go back to primary ways without forgetting all what humanity has achieved technically and emotionally ? How to use new technologies in a sustainable way for the future that awaits ? Can we become Primal humans 2.0 ?

Vaseas by Boutures d’Objets

Common Sands-Forite Tiles by Studio Plastique, Snøhetta and Fornace Brioni

Tabula [non] Rasa by Studio Traccia

Teile series by studio Anima Ona

Raised by Wolves TV series by Aaron Guzikowski. Two first episodes directed by Ridley Scott

Maintain evolution

In a state of survival, the risk for humans is always to be drawn back to old habits such as extremist religions, sexism and segregation. The challenge now is indeed to build resilience on a global level to maintain our emotional evolution despite a potential society and ecological collapse.
The series “Raised by wolves” by Aaron Guzikowski approaches the topic in a very interesting way. It depicts two robots landing on an hostile planet and trying to raise a few human children in order to build a peaceful and emotionally mature society. It raises topics like the need for spirituality, motherhood, and resilience in a decor merging advanced technologies and primal craft.
Can humanity carry on with its emotional evolution despite a structural collapse or will it have to start all over again ?

Pollen face filter animation by Omega.C

Avenir Sauvage by Emilie Ricada and Lionel Dinis Salazar from ENSAD

Raised by Wolves by Aaron Guzikowski

Mitigation of Shock by Studio Superflux

Realistic innovation

New generations seem to have integrated the notion of resilience much faster than the previous ones and are already trying to move things around. Indeed, the creative world seems to have one thing on its mind right now: sustainability, at last. There is an increasing amount of sustainable material research in graduation projects : Mycelium textiles, citrus based 3D printed plastics, colourful grown bacteria, algae make up and other waste based materials. Creatives are innovating by looking at what is available around them in the attempt to not just do something new but to look at the future in a realistic way and actually get ready for it.
Now the only thing we have to hope for is that humanity will not forget all these innovations in an actual state of survival but push them forward.

Hyphae Hues

by Julia Jueckstock

The designer uses a fungi (monascus purpureus) to grow colour onto textile. With this specific organism, colours can be controlled to a range from yellow to violet by modifying the temperature and the pH of its nutrients.

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On Repeat

This startup has developed "easy and cost-effective" refill packs made using materials that can be easily disposed of at home: non-toxic film that dissolves in hot water and a bio-based film that can be put in a compost heap.

www.onrepeat.world