Design e pensiero ecologico. Le nuove narrative del progetto contemporaneo che mettono la Terra in primo piano

Transcending design as a blueprint (of an object) to enter the realm of inquiry in an era of climatic and social instability, incorporating knowledge and observing and revealing the phenomena around us from a design perspective: these are all themes addressed by this paper in an attempt to reknit the frayed threads of a discipline frequently called upon to speak of the ecological transition. Recalling Buckminster Fuller, who promot- ed a practice of design based on rigorous analysis and transparency between both material and user, the design approach of Studio Formafantasma in recent years has been adopted as a paradigm in an alternative to the status quo. With their experimen- tation, research and, above all, questions, the studio attempts to imagine different fu- tures by revealing the limits of the mannerist creativity embedded in a certain way of thinking about design. In this way, the studio with a documentary-like flair produces in- formation and communication without resigning itself to dominant narratives, nor to the boundaries between species or forms of knowledge.