WHAT IF...We could redesign human teeth to encourage vegetarianism?

VEGETARIAN TOOTH :: 2008

Susana Soares

Recent research into the effects of eating meat on global warming estimated that meat production accounts for nearly a fifth of gas emissions. Recently the UN appealed for a radical shift in diet, arguing that it wouldn't only be good for our health, but for the planet in general.  Teeth are an essential tool for nutrition - their shape is related to diet. Herbivore animals, for example, have developed teeth that reflect their feeding preferences and facilitate the consumption of plant material.
Could our teeth structure be replaced to encourage a more sustainable dietary shift?

WHAT IF... Insects could help us diagnose illness?

BEE'S :: 2007-2009
Susana Soares

Scientific research has demonstrated that bees have an extraordinarily acute sense of smell. They can be trained within minutes, using Pavlov's reflex, to perform a health check by detecting a specific odour of people's breath.
This project consists of a series of alternative diagnostic tools that use bees to accurately diagnose a vast variety of diseases at an early stage. The project aims to build on current technological research, using design to translate the outcome into systems and objects that people can understand and use in their daily lives.

What if ? :: Opening 8.10.09

 

What if ?

WHAT IF... at Science Gallery - Dublin, Ireland

08.10.09 - 13.12.09.

The exhibition has been curated by London based designers Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby and features a range of works by designers who have explored future form, future function and future Fictions.

http://www.sciencegallery.com/whatif

http://www.facebook.com/ScienceGallery

http://www.dunneandraby.co.uk

Lapse in time :: Bee's and Am i attractive?

Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes :: Lisboa 
13.09.09 - 08.11.09

Bee's :: 2007-2009  

Am i attractive? :: 2009
experiment from Why me? exhibit :: Rothamsted Research

 http://www.designguide.tv/

EXD :: Lapse in time

Design between elasticity and social - cultural responsibility

" Lapse in Time spotlights young designers who have chosen the opposite route, uncompromising designers whose work is grounded on highly individual, in-depth thinking and boundary-defying creative elasticity. Pursuing innovation and cutting-edge experimentation at the crossroads of design, cognitive sciences, environmental concerns and intercultural exchange, they strive towards a change in paradigm, one that is also temporal. Though unique in vision and attitude, they share a common trait: that of operating on a wholly different “lapse of time”. They choose slow-evolving projects over consumerist rush, making fewer but better, more relevant, products."
Hans Maier-Aichen Curator of Lapse in time

http://www.experimentadesign.pt/2009/en/02-02-03.html

STATE OF THE ARTS :: 10.09.09 ::18:00-19:00

Debate about Lapse in Time exhibition

The design of the future is going to be fabulous, fury, furious and fun. It will be a tool for love, a superhero ready to do battle for good and for evil. It will ask why it exists and what its purpose in life is. It will stick its middle finger up, run through the woods naked, and save the world.
Jerszy Seymour

EXD 09 :: It's about time

ExperimentaDesign is an international Biennale dedicated to design, architecture and creativity.
It's about time is the theme of the 5th edition of EXD.

Opening week:

http://www.experimentadesign.pt/2009/en/01-01-00.html
http://www.experimentadesign.pt/2009/blog/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/seexd/

" am i attractive ?" at PESTIVAL Southbank Centre, London 2009

"Am i attractive?" at Pestival 2009

An experiment from the "Why me?" exhibit from Rothamsted Research.

PESTIVAL :: Southbank Centre London :: September 2009
Celebrating insects in art, and the art of being an insect.
http://pestival.org/

Collaborators:
Dr. James Logan, Rothamsted Research.

Credits:
Dr. James Logan and Mr. James Cook - Rothamsted Research Scientists
Susana Soares - Designer
Mónica Santos – Filmmaker

Acknowledgements:
Andrew Forkes – Designer
Chris Merridan – Electronic engineer
PESTIVAL Team