Prada published this video item, entitled “#PradaFrames On Forest – A Symposium curated by Formafantasma Session 4: Sensing” – below is their description.
Running in parallel to Milan’s Salone del Mobile, Prada Frames is a multidisciplinary symposium that delves into the complex relationship between the natural environment and design.
The initiative is a moment of collective reflection that aims at examining and correlating innovative thoughts, while offering a pioneering body of knowledge.
Prada Frames is curated by Formafantasma and hosted at the Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense, located in the center of Milan.
00:10 – Introduction
03:12 – SISSEL TOLAAS, DAVID MONACCHI and BEATRICE LEANZA addressed different modes of sensing the forest through smell and sound
36:09 – VALERIE TROUET introduced the anatomy of wood as a way to sense the forest alternatively and introduced dendrochronology as a way to use the rings in trees and wood to study human, climate and forest history
55:20 – GERALD KOCH who highlighted the importance of dealing with Illegal logging through wood anatomy
01:10:38 – The complexity of designing with more-than-human species with the work of ALEXANDRA DAISY GINSBERG in conversation with ALICE RAWSTHORN
Discover more about Prada Frames at: https://tinyurl.com/2p8crn7t
Prada YouTube Channel
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