Regen Birincil İşlev: Biyotasarım İletişimi by Sofia Porto Iannuzzi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award Bronz Ödülü in Sürdürülebilir Ürünler, Projeler ve Yeşil Tasarım Competition Category.
BronzSürdürülebilir Ürün· 2026
Regen Birincil İşlev: Biyotasarım İletişimi
Client: Universidad de Monterrey
A' Design Award Bronz Ödülü Winner in Sürdürülebilir Ürün Category
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The Design
About Regen Birincil İşlev: Biyotasarım İletişimi
Kitap Metni: Regen, canlı kök yapılarının hem görsel dil hem de malzeme altyapısı olarak işlev gördüğü bir grafik sistem sunar. İnert yüzeylere baskı yapmak yerine, iletişim kontrollü biyolojik büyüme yoluyla ortaya çıkar. Her bir eser aynı anda görsel bir mesaj, canlı bir organizma ve biyolojik olarak parçalanabilir bir sonuç olarak çalışır. Proje, okunabilirliği ekolojik döngülerle uyumlu hale getirerek grafik üretimini yeniden bir yenileyici süreç olarak tanımlar ve iletişimin atık üretmek yerine geliştiği, dönüştüğü ve doğal sistemlere yeniden entegre olduğu alternatif bir model önerir.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Bronz Ödülü
Regen Birincil İşlev: Biyotasarım İletişimi, A' Design Award Bronz Ödülü kazananıdır; bu, yaratıcılık, buluş gücü ve kurnazlıkla öne çıkan olağanüstü tasarımlara verilen son derece prestijli bir tanınırlıktır. Bronz kazananlar, tasarımcılarının engin deneyimini, hayal gücünü ve becerikliliğini doğrulayan fazlasıyla yetenekli ve çarpıcı biçimde yaratıcı nesnelerdir. Regen Birincil İşlev: Biyotasarım İletişimi, çok itibar gören, hayranlıkla izlenen ve sevilen, dikkat çekici derecede profesyonel ve yenilikçi bir nesne olması beklenir. A' Design Award Bronz Ödülü kazanan bu tasarım, sanat, bilim, tasarım ve teknolojideki en iyi uygulamaları bünyesinde barındırır ve ayrıntıya gösterdiği özenle mükemmeldir. Regen Birincil İşlev: Biyotasarım İletişimi ihtiyaçları muhteşem biçimde karşılar, arzulara dokunur, duyguları büyüler ve merakı çeker.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Regen uses cultivated root structures as both visual language and material substrate for communication. Instead of printing on inert surfaces, the message emerges through controlled biological growth. The project replaces linear production logic with a regenerative cycle: cultivation, communication, transformation, and natural reintegration. Each artifact operates simultaneously as a graphic piece, living organism, and biodegradable outcome. Regen positions biological growth as a design medium, proposing a scalable approach to regenerative visual communication.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Artifact dimensions vary according to biological growth. Poster-scale applications range from approximately 300 × 420 mm to 500 × 700 mm. Thickness depends on root density accumulation. All materials are plant-based, compostable, and designed for full biological reintegration.
- Tags
- Regenerative Design, Biodesign, Visual Communication, Living Materials, Circular Systems, Material Innovation
- Production Technology
- The project utilizes root domestication techniques, biodegradable substrates, controlled humidity environments, and mold-guided growth systems to direct biological formation into legible graphic structures. Analog prototyping, material testing, and circularity assessment were integrated to align organic growth with visual clarity and structural stability.
- Design Challenge
- The main challenge was reconciling graphic precision with biological unpredictability. Root growth is inherently variable, requiring a design approach that balances control and emergence. Constraints included growth variability, time dependency, structural fragility, and environmental sensitivity. The solution required designing adaptive systems rather than fixed compositions.
- Research
- Regen investigates root domestication as a reproducible substrate for graphic communication. Through iterative cultivation and material testing, the project evaluates structural integrity, visual legibility, and ecological performance. Circularity was assessed using the Material Circularity Indicator (MCI), demonstrating measurable improvements across prototype iterations and identifying pathways to eliminate remaining linear support materials.
Circularity was assessed using the Material Circularity Indicator (MCI), demonstrating quantifiable improvement across prototype iterations and identifying pathways to eliminate remaining linear support materials. - Inspiration
- Regen transforms biological growth into a functional medium for communication, replacing inert graphic surfaces with living systems. Instead of relying on extractive, synthetic, and disposable substrates, the project proposes a regenerative alternative rooted in living processes. Informed by biodesign research and circular thinking, Regen studies root growth behavior and material life cycles to develop living graphic substrates. The result is a shift from static surfaces toward evolving visual systems that actively participate in ecological regeneration.
- Project Duration
- Developed between January and November 2024 in Monterrey, Mexico, Regen was produced through experimental research and prototyping at Universidad de Monterrey as part of an academic design research initiative focused on regenerative graphic systems.
- Operation Flow
- Regen artifacts are cultivated through guided root domestication rather than mechanically assembled. Growth patterns are influenced through mold-guided pathways and environmental calibration, including humidity, light, and substrate density. Interaction occurs over time, as viewers experience gradual transformation, texture emergence, and organic variability. After fulfilling its communicative function, the artifact decomposes naturally, completing a regenerative material cycle.
- Patents
- All visual, material and graphic components of the Regen project are protected under academic and creative authorship. No patents or trademarks have been registered for this project.
- Team Members
- Sofia Porto Iannuzzi
- Image Credits
- Main: Photographer Sofia Porto, Living Poster Series, 2025.
Image #1: Photographer Sofia Porto, Root-Based Artifact, 2025.
Image #2: Photographer Sofia Porto, Root Structure Close-Up, 2025.
Image #3: Photographer Sofia Porto, Biodegradable Artifact Detail, 2025.
Image #4: Photographer Sofia Porto, Biodesign Poster Outdoor, 2025.
Image #5Photographer Sofia Porto, Root Textile Surface, 2025.
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