Not all design is user-centric design. This episode takes a look at speculative design as a way of exploring the possible futures of our planet. I talk to Ele about how a ski-cabin designed in the 1960s led to her master thesis on worms that can decompose plastic .

You can see Ele's work here: beworm.org

Ele’s Master thesis: Kunststoff als Nährstoff (German) 

Speculative Everything by Anthony Dunne, Fiona Raby.

Beworm’s website: https://www.beworm.org/

The Sense of Style by Steven Pinker

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams