Design cultivado: fabricação botânica a partir de podas de goiabeiras para manufatura de produtos de madeira

Abstract

This research presents a practical and theoretical study on the development of product design through botanical fabrication, product manufacture by controlling the vegetative growth of plants. Such process differentiates from some aspects of biodesign for being a specific design practice because it relates to vegetable living materials from spermatophyte plants. While designing with materials which are alive, there, as well as other beings, act as coauthors of this project, relying on this conscious and attentive relationship a path to a successful biodesign project through this productive technique. Through experimentation practices on developing physical products with botanical fabrication, it is possible to understand several matters presented in biodesign theories such as correspondence, co design with non-humans and the potential of a design project to open space for social dreaming of possible futures. The molding techniques learned through the bibliographic research, productive process research and stakeholders of this design market were tested in practical ways resulting in still incomplete models, but capable of generating knowledge on theory and practice described in this research.