Category: Non-Human
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Beyond Vision: graphic design and the shapeshifting vine
Boquila trifoliata is a climbing vine that mimics the appearance of plants around it. Scientists are trying to figure out the process behind this mimicry. Can this vine be sensitive to chemicals or even DNA collected from nearby plants? Surprisingly, experiments showed that the vine could also replicate plastic plants. Somehow, it can “see” its…
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Arts & Crafts and the Non-human
I’m increasingly interested in non-human-centered design, and one of the places to find its traces may be in pre-modern design. In part, that is why I’m going back to the Arts & Crafts movement, and in particular to the writings of Walter Crane. He was an illustrator and a painter who worked closely with William…
Unseen by Design 