Edu Talks
Micro-Designers and Ecosocial Collaborations
Micro-Designers and Ecosocial Collaborations is a lecture by Henriette Waal, a designer, researcher, and co-founder of Atelier Luma (France), where she serves as the Artistic Research Director. Waal is also a tutor for the Master in Social Design program at Design Academy Eindhoven (Netherlands). In this lecture, she presents innovative design practices that involve designing processes in collaboration with algae, plants, and local communities, highlighting the intersection of ecological and social dimensions in design.
This Edu Talk, part of the 2024 Mikser Festival in Belgrade, is featured in the Next Gen Design Edu Talks series. Next Gen Design is a three-year initiative promoting green and sustainable design within the European design sector, especially among young designers, supporting the European Green Deal. The program involves collaborations between five key design platforms and festivals: Skopje Design Week (Public Room), Mikser Festival from Belgrade (Mikser), designaustria, What Design Can Do from Amsterdam, and Barcelona Design Week (Barcelona Design Center), with support from the European Commission.