Elisava Research

🟣 The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC), Fab Lab Barcelona, and Elisava are thrilled to announce that Saúl Baeza, researcher of Elisava Research and founder and Editor-in-Chief of VISIONS BY, has been appointed Co-Director of the Master in Design for Emergent Futures (MDEF). Saúl, who also lectures at Elisava and researches functional and digital identities through the “Making with…” (TU Eindhoven) and “Futures Now” (Elisava) research groups, brings his multidisciplinary expertise to further MDEF’s mission of transforming ideas into impactful design interventions. Learn more about our Research Groups & Labs > https://lnkd.in/drht4jqU #ElisavaResearch #Education #Design #Publication #VisionsBy #MaterialCulture #Magazine #Research

🟢 On December 10, Elisava officially inaugurated the Material Depot, a system designed to promote material reuse on campus. This initiative is part of the CURE+ project led by Isabel Ordoñez from Elisava Research. It aligns with the European Climate Initiative (EUKI) of the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK). More info > materialdeport.elisava.net The project operates in parallel with similar initiatives across several European cities, fostering sustainable practices and circular design at a local and international level. #ElisavaResearch #CURE+ #EuropeanClimate #Sustainability #CircularEconomy hashtag#ZeroWaste

🔴 In November, Macarena Valenzuela Zubiaur, a researcher from the Metropolitan Technological University of Santiago de Chile, joined the Elisava Research team as a visiting researcher. This collaboration allowed an exchange of knowledge and strengthened ties between the institutions, fostering international research and innovation. Learn more about our Research Groups & Labs > https://lnkd.in/drht4jqU #ElisavaResearch #Design #VisitingResearcher #Innovation #ResearchMethodologies

🔵 Watch the presentation of the latest issue of Temes de Disseny #40: The Role of Designers in Society: Ethical, Theoretical, and Practical Perspectives. This issue explores the ethical, theoretical, and practical perspectives shaping the role of designers in the 21st century, with a particular focus on design justice, community engagement, digitization, AI, and social justice. Click in this link to watch it > https://lnkd.in/d6Zyhn_b Journal’s editors-in-chief: Danae Esparza, Massimo Menichinelli. Editorial coordinator: Guim Espelt Estopà. Guest editorial team: Bori Fehér, Jonathan Ventura, Ariel Guersenzvaig. #ElisavaResearch #TemesdeDisseny #Society #Ethics #SocialJustice #Design

🟤 Last week, Danae Esparza and Guim Espelt Estopà, members of the Elisava Research team participating in the European project INTERCRAFT—Intercultural Craft, gathered in Florence with fellow partners and participants from Terra di Tutti, DIDA UNIFI, Odyssea, Terra Vera, CSM, and CENFIM. The meeting focused on fostering collaboration among partners to advance the project's mission of promoting cultural and professional exchanges between artisans, migrants, and social workers. More information > https://lnkd.in/diqEjYGT #ElisavaResearch #INTERCRAFT #SocialDesign #Inclusion #Crafts #NewModel

🟣 Ainoa Abella Garcia, a scientific researcher at Elisava Research, is conducting a study on instant noodle consumption and packaging. If instant noodles are part of your routine, this survey can provide valuable insights to help improve your understanding of consumer needs and preferences. 👉 Participate here: https://lnkd.in/dA-detnf #ElisavaResearch #Sustainability #CircularEconomy #ZeroWaste

🟢 VISIONS BY issue number 6, powered by Elisava Research, is out! Two Gazan friends share their adventure amidst the war toward success: What’s in your bag? As we exploit people, we too exploit the ocean, both for fish and now, for minerals. Miss Universe is a violent erotic object, death and labour are erotic material and sadness is performed with things at the Museum of Broken Relationships. We take a look at street icons: Lenin, Stalin, Mao Zedong, Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il (are all of them right handed?), St. Jude Thaddaeus and La Santa Muerte (LONG LIVE RITUAL!). We explore the symbolic correspondences between Catholic folklore and makina music. From ecstasy Garda Pills to Tescocracy, when there’s no future, we learn to appreciate the remnants. Buy the latest issue here > visions-by.com/numbers/6 Contents: + MISS UNIVERSE, Juana Dolores + EROTIC MATERIAL: DEATH + LABOUR IN THE NAME OF DESIRE, Ozziline M + APPRECIATING THE REMNANTS, Mála Spíosraí + THE PURSUIT OF DEEP SEABED MINING AMID A GLOBAL CLIMATE CRISIS AND OCEAN EMERGENCY, Pradeep Singh + STREET ALTARS: THE NECESSARY EVILS, Héctor Castillo Berthier, Karla Read + OBJECTS AT THE END OF LOVE: PERFORMING SADNESS WITH THINGS, Julia Anna Malinowska + THE RIGHT-HANDED DICTATOR, Ted Hyunhak Yoon + THE REALITY OF FISHMEAL AND OIL PRODUCTION IN THE GAMBIA, Mustapha Manneh + CSFCMMCAB, Mark O’Callaghan + MISS UNIVERSE (II), Juana Dolores + TWO FRIENDS ARE IN AN ADVENTURE AMIDST THE WAR TOWARDS SUCCESS, Mohammed Herzallah, Omar Shareed - Credits: + Creative Director and Editor-in-Chief: Saúl Baeza Argüello + Executive Editor: Tai Sans + Graphic Design: Sergi Vilà Bori and Oficina de disseny (Ariadna Serrahima, Diego Bustamante) + Generative display typography: Phase (Elias Hanzer) + A project by MAYBE. + Powered by Elisava Research. #ElisavaResearch #VisionsBy #MaterialCulture #Magazine #Research

🟢 Last week, ELISAVA hosted the Conference on Co-Creating Visions for an Urban Resource Center, organized by Elisava Research and the Agència Catalana de Residus. The event, led by Isabel Ordoñez and Alejandra Conto Albán, brought key public institutions, businesses, and civil society stakeholders to co-create and collaborate. The goal? To envision, define, and propose what an Urban Resource Center for Barcelona should look like—an essential hub for reusing and revaluing disused materials in line with the principles of the circular economy. This collaborative effort marks a step toward forming a multidisciplinary working group to address the reuse of construction materials and durable innovation in urban resource management. This initiative is part of the CURE+ research project and the European Climate Initiative (EUKI) of the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK), which parallels our work in several European cities. #ElisavaResearch #CURE+ #EuropeanClimate #Sustainability #CircularEconomy #ZeroWaste #EuropeanCommission #Erasmus+

🟤 Danae Esparza and Guim Espelt Estopà, members of the Elisava Research team participating in the European project INTERCRAFT - Intercultural Craft, are currently in KNOF Circular LAB (Slovenia) working on a pilot academic curriculum designed for social workers, migrants, and artisans. The pilot has been developed in collaboration with Terra Vera, leveraging their expertise in fostering sustainable and inclusive community practices. The project seeks to foster the social inclusion of individuals with migratory backgrounds within the local social fabric of their host communities. By facilitating cultural and professional exchanges between young migrants, social workers, and local artisans, it aims to develop a new model of shared social and economic value among the identified target groups. More information > https://lnkd.in/diqEjYGT #ElisavaResearch #INTERCRAFT #SocialDesign #Inclusion #Crafts #NewModel

🟢 Tomorrow: Join the Launch of the Elisava Material Depot. Don’t miss the official launch of the Elisava Material Depot, which will take place tomorrow, December 10, at 1:00 p.m. on the 3rd floor of Elisava. This innovative system promotes material reuse on campus and is part of the CURE+ project, led by Isabel Ordóñez from Elisava Research. 📅 December, 10rd ⏰ 13pm 📍 Elisava The CURE+ initiative (Centres for Urban Resources, Reuse, and Remanufacture) focuses on sustainable urban practices. It tracks, reduces, and reuses domestic construction and demolition waste while putting citizens at the heart of the process. Be there to learn more about this important step toward a more sustainable future in design and engineering. More info > materialdeport.elisava.net This initiative is part of the CURE+ research project, which is part of the European Climate Initiative (EUKI) of the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK), with parallel work to ours in several European cities. #ElisavaResearch #CURE+ #EuropeanClimate #Sustainability #CircularEconomy #ZeroWaste