#PradaFrames On Forest - A Symposium curated by Formafantasma Session 4: Sensing

Running in parallel to Milan’s Salone del Mobile, Prada Frames is a multidisciplinary symposium that delves into the complex relationship between the natural environment and design. The initiative is a moment of collective reflection that aims at examining and correlating innovative thoughts, while offering a pioneering body of knowledge. Prada Frames is curated by Formafantasma and hosted at the Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense, located in the center of Milan. 00:10 – Introduction 03:12 - SISSEL TOLAAS, DAVID MONACCHI and BEATRICE LEANZA addressed different modes of sensing the forest through smell and sound 36:09 - VALERIE TROUET introduced the anatomy of wood as a way to sense the forest alternatively and introduced dendrochronology as a way to use the rings in trees and wood to study human, climate and forest history 55:20 - GERALD KOCH who highlighted the importance of dealing with Illegal logging through wood anatomy 01:10:38 - The complexity of designing with more-than-human species with the work of ALEXANDRA DAISY GINSBERG in conversation with ALICE RAWSTHORN Discover more about Prada Frames at: https://tinyurl.com/2p8crn7t