Swedish designer Carolina Härdh has a good philosophy for her creative process: “As a designer, I need to take responsibility for my decisions in terms of material choice and manufacturing. Because, whatever I create, it will live on longer than I will do, so I want to make sure it’s not toxic. Using design as a tool for change has become my way of understanding myself, nature and sustainability.”
For Härdh, this means making furniture out of food waste. But it’s an idea that Syrian artist and architect Mohamad Hafez might relate to. He makes beautiful, intricate miniatures of Middle Eastern streets which are created not just to enchant but also to understand himself and what has happened to his homeland.
