Scaling

This card helps you explore decentralized systems for scaling biodesign, combining global knowledge with local materials and craftsmanship.

• How will you design biodesign products that are flexible and adaptable to different regional resources and conditions, facilitating decentralised production?

• What challenges will you foresee in establishing a network of decentralized biofactories?

• What role might decentralised biodesign production play in empowering local economies and communities?

Flavia Amadeu

Flavia Amadeu, the designer behind the "Flavia Amadeu" brand, works with Amazon rainforest communities in Brazil to create fashion items from natural rubber, empowering local communities and boosting the economy. She could expand by sharing her intangible resources (her knowledge) globally and producing locally (with local tangible resources), she embodies the principles of decentralised, sustainable production.

• Identify ways of sharing your knowledge globally to set up a decentralised production system with local resources.

• Design products adaptable to regional materials and conditions to empower local communities.

• Tips&Tricks: TT5, TT6