IED Barcelona was the only design school present in the nautical competition’s programme of conferences on the blue economy, innovation and sustainability
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IED Barcelona design on the America’s Cup Race Village Stage
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26 September 2024
Sharing examples of designs devised by and for the sea was the aim of ‘I design also for the sea’. An event by IED Barcelona as part of the conference programme organised by BlueTechPort, the Port of Barcelona’s blue economy innovation hub, within the framework of the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup.
Held on 25 September on the Race Village Stage of the nautical competition, the event was attended by Andrea Marchesi, Director of IED Barcelona, who alluded to the importance of the blue economy for design: “Ever since the blue economy arrived in our classrooms – he pointed out in his speech – the creative laboratories, which already took innovation and sustainability into consideration, adopted a special sensitivity towards the oceans and seas, understanding their fundamental role in planetary balance. Protecting them is a vital necessity; and that’s what we do from the design perspective.”
A clear example of this is the final thesis of IED Barcelona Product Design alumnus Mina Barchi. A project that has been recognised on a number of occasions (it prompted a Francesco Morelli Scholarship, was a finalist for the Stone and Wood Award 2023 and a winner of the ADI Medal for Opinion at the ADI Awards 2024) and which the young designer presented to the audience.
“Terrákos – Plastic Nostrum” is a system for filtering seawater contaminated by microplastics inspired by terracotta, made up of stackable modules that include Neptune balls — fibre balls created from the decomposition of posidonia that act as a fishing net to traps plastic.
IED Barcelona was the only design school present in this programme of 10 conferences on innovation, sustainability, biodiversity and design, which aim to bring the impact of the sea as a habitat, a resource and a space in itself, closer to citizens.
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