What Matter_s

Project

What Matter_s is a project that brings together designers with actors from academia and business to create new materials, innovative concepts and business opportunities based on sustainable development. The project has attracted a great deal of attention both nationally and internationally and shows the potential of interdisciplinary collaborations. Through these cross-fertilizations, we can visualize complex research and advance the positions in the work for a more sustainable future.

What Matter_s: design studios + scientists

During 2018, 10 design studios in the Skåne region of southern Sweden were paired with 10 scientists at the cutting edge of materials research. Their brief was simple: spend six months exploring a new material, and then show us what it can do. The results of these collaborations were presented for the first time in October 2018 during Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven. In March 2019, the project was shown in an exhibition at Form/Design Center.

Participating design studios + scientists

Andreas Kojcevski Hansson & Siri Skillgate + Dr Cedric Dicko

Andréason & Leibel + Virgínia Boix

Jenny Nordberg + Prof. Magnus Tägil

Kajsa Willner + Prof. Dmytro Orlov

Kunsik Choi + Prof. Rajni Hatti-Kaul

Petra Lilja + Dr Ramune Kuktaite And Bill Newson

Petter Thörne + Dr Paulien Strandberg

Studio Aikieu + Dr Solmaz Hajizadeh

Superlab + Dr Axel Nordin

Wang & Söderström + Prof. Magnus Borgström & Dr Vilgailė Dagytė

What Matter_s was carried out in collaboration between SPOK, Form/Design Center, Art & Science Initiative and Southern Sweden Creatives. Curator and coordinator was designer Nina Warnolf.

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What Matter_s 2.0: design studios + manufacturing companies

In 2019 a group of designers were paired with six large manufacturing companies in Southern Sweden for the project What Matter_s 2.0 with the goal of developing new sustainable materials and applications using industrial waste. The results was presented in the exhibition Metabolic Processes for Leftovers in February 2021 at Form/Design Center

Participating design studios + manufacturing companies

Carl-Ludvig Svensson + Vida

Henriksson & Lindgren + Kiviks Musteri

Kajsa Willner + Stora Enso

LAB LA BLA & Natural Material Studio + Ballingslöv

Louise Hederström + Finja Prefab

M&E + Movomech

What Matter_s 2.0 was carried out by Form/Design Center and SPOK with support from Region Skåne. Curator of the exhibition was Copenhagen-based Kiosk Studio

Previous exhibitions

What Matter_s

What Matter_s: design studios + scientists

Participating design studios + scientists

What Matter_s

What Matter_s 2.0: design studios + manufacturing companies

Participating design studios + manufacturing companies

Previous exhibitions

What Matter_s

Dutch Design Week 2018 What Matter_s

Metabolic Processes for Leftovers