Designer’s toolkit
The rise of researchers addressing issues of sustainability has established a multi-disciplinary dialogue, forming a paradigm shift that offers true potential in challenging the aesthetics of design practises. Biodesign is a discipline hybrid that combines various biological systems with design concepts. It encapsulates ‘living’ systems to inform design practice, intersecting technology, biology and design. This new species of biodesign looks beyond the past misconceptions of ‘green’ or ‘biomimicry’ models to engineer inherent qualities found within nature (Chieza & Ward, 2015; Collet, 2012,) Designers can mould new materials, structures, and finishes, create inventive compounds, and take on different identities by incorporating nature into their work. Restoring trust in designers in the technological age requires a new social contract. “The Synthetic Kingdom”. This research is interdisciplinary and transcends the fields of design and bioscience, which served as the foundation for the study’s mixed methodological approaches. “One can say that scientific and artistic practises share evidential potential in that they challenge common assumptions, question systems and critique fixed patterns of thinking. This study combines the innate, tacit and explicit knowledge of a designer with tools, techniques, and biological processes. This is acknowledged in a biodesign methodology. A hybrid of methodologies that all draw from an action research methodological approach have been used to develop this research, which generates discovery through action-based research.
Applying a hybrid of methodologies was necessary in this research because it was crucial to be able to move beyond the speculative and step outside the limitations of a creator’s toolkit. It was essential to use action-based inquiry when conducting research that bridged the gap between scientific and practice-based paradigms. The application of this strategy to stimulate finding and advance my work is the basic skeleton on this project. The fundamental difference in action learning is that there is small amount of ‘P’ – programmed knowledge – and a large amount of ‘Q’ – the ability to ask penetrating questions” (Revans, R. (1984). Action Learning- Introduction by Reg Revans. The (L=P+Q) approach to this research is beneficial for expanding on the body of knowledge and exploring design system boundaries by asking insightful questions.where L is the outcome of learning.P’ – programmed knowledge Q- the ability to ask penetrating questions The development of a balance between action and learning is crucial for this research, As a designer, my informed decision to use biological processes and procedures meant that the’making’ arose via scientific progress. Materials and ideas from various disciplines were combined in real-world experiments, allowing for a community of inquiry.
Project ref. -Pigment Biosynthesis:Designing with Microorganisms. https://www.diveja.com/pigment-biosynthesis-1
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