The Pines Calyx Brief

A brief given to 2 design teams to encourage the development of a metadesign practice

A More Natural Design Process

• In today's society, large currency systems increasingly dominate the way that individuals behave.
• The vast majority of currencies are debt-based...thus encouraging economic growth.
• We know that money can be (re)designed to make society less wasteful and fragmented
• But it is designed by banks and governments to sustain banking practices, taxes, profits, etc.

Can Designers Become Metadesigners?

• Designers must work within economic systems they did not design. Could they do it better?
• Whereas design is a proactive, artefact-centred, expert-driven, future-driven practice,
  Nature works differently. It operates in the moment. It is a co-creative, emergent, reactive, and inclusive system.
• Ideally, we need a self-healing system that co-exists with Nature

Growing New Ideas

• Pines Calyx is a greenhouse for addressing these questions
• This may mean (meta)designing for/with communities - including their exchange systems.

The Workshop Challenge

• You need to sow seeds of possibility, rather than design finished 'things'.
• In other words, your mission will be to create a metadesign brief
• This would be a basis for practical development in the future
• You are encouraged to use Pines Calix as a practical starting point.

Support and Resources

• Guidance and advice will be made available to you
• Ask your facilitator/s and they will try to bring support
• Please note: the facilitators cannot advise you directly.