Circular Cultures Design School 2025 | Strand C – Hybrid World

Animate Objects

As technology becomes increasingly embedded in our physical environments, we unlock new forms of interaction with our everyday objects and tech items that merge the digital and physical worlds. The lines between materiality and immateriality become increasingly blurred when it comes to what we consider our objects and environment.

Participants of the third strand will engage with our interactions with non-anthropomorphic objects, exploring how animacy and these interactions shape our emotional connections with them and extend the object’s lifecycle. The strand focuses on creating bonds with objects that lead to long-term, sustainable relationships and designing practices that engage us with our items through playful interactions and gamification.

Lecturer: Harry Krekoukiotis
Speaker: tbc