Designing For The Biocentury

In this Professorial Platform, Collet examines ten years of practice-based research dedicated to exploring the intersection of design and biology. With sustainability at its core, Collet s practice incorporate a range of design strategies, from material experimentation to speculative design and poetic propositions. She argues that the role of design is shifting from shaping inanimate matter to growing dynamic living forms. In a context where biology has become a technology, we need to re-calibrate design for the emergent bio-circular economy.

As the University continues to maintain and develop its profile as a global leader in arts research, a series of Professorial Platform lectures was launched in 2008.

The Platforms are an opportunity for University colleagues and associates, as well as invited members of the public, to learn more about the research undertaken in the University. The Platforms enable Professors to highlight their field of interest and the University, in turn, to recognise and commemorate their successes to date.