Regenerative Design

As part of the Design Revolution Now! design theory course at the Regenerative Design Lab of the University of Applied Arts, students are examining around 25 objects from the Weltmuseum Wien collection to derive regenerative design principles. The focus is on how humans, animals, non-human organisms, and nature collectively create worlds.

In four thematic ‘islands’, traditional views of the Global North on knowledge, time, object status, and purpose are questioned and challenged. Contributions from the fields of design, transformational psychology, environmental law, and performance broaden our perspective, inviting us to radically reconsider our approach to consumption, design, and progress.