(3.7) Regenerativ Design Principles

Based on Weber’s guidelines for mutual productivity in nature (enlivenment), the following rules for “Regenerative Design” were derived. Each of the exhibits on display represents one of these principles:

“Culture must imagine the desire of the living in such a way that does not destroy the biosphere but enhances it. Culture does not have to realize more than the continuation of the principle that there be life. It has to do this in the imaginative sphere of the human (…).”

Andreas Weber, Biologist and Philosopher (1967*)

Consider Local Rules
Ecological Principles Are Reimagined Through Design Based on Locality and Culture.

Nature/Culture Relationship
Consider Human and Non-Human Actors in a Holistic Design Process - Favoring Posthumanism Over “Human-Centered Design.”

Preserve Commons
Design Processes That Promote, Protect, and Regeneratively Use the Seas, the Atmosphere (CO2!), and the Biodiversity of Life.

Give Material Resources / Immaterial Meaning
Draw Inspiration for Design Solutions From the Aesthetics and Wisdom of Nature.

Forge Creative Connections
Designing Culture Follows the Natural Principle of Dynamic Balance That Creates Vitality and Transformative Capability Through Perpetual Creativity.

Design Without Copyright
Away With Copyright and Patents! Embrace Open Source Design! New Things Emerge From Playing With Existing Elements (Creative Commons).

Enable Resource Exchange
Turn Waste Into Nourishment for Resource Exploitation Determines the Design (Circular Design Rules for the Circular Economy, Cradle-to-Cradle Principles).