Once Scotland’s malnutrition problems were mapped and the food and health education systems analysed, and once the opportunities and challenges of these systems were identified, the final outcome of this work could be formulated. …

From the synthesis and analysis of the interviews’ insights, emerged five major themes: (1) the health and safety challenges of fermented food in relation to children and schools, (2) the education guidelines of the intervention, (3) the socialities and practicalities of cooking and eating fermented food, (4) the intervention’s business…

1. Vision and objectives of methodology This work is first a design-led project. Its methodology is therefore deeply based on design methodologies and the research methodology is part of them. The changing and complex nature of wicked problems (Rittel and Webber, 1973) such as health and food issues in Scotland demands to address them with a…

Scotland’s unhealthy and unsustainable food behaviours are a consequence of a multitude of interconnected factors which have been accumulating for centuries. To dissect this wicked problem and understand its background in the light of previous literature and action, the causes and consequences of Scotland’s health, environmental and social status quo…

« The ceremonies that persist […] focus only on ourselves, marking rites of personal transition. […] But imagine standing by the river, flooded with those same feelings as the Salmon march into the auditorium of their estuary. Rise in their honor, thank them for all the ways they have enriched…

Design is still too often seen as simply making things more “aesthetically pleasing” or “sellable”. But once these clichés overcome, and its full potential expressed, it has much more to offer to the world! At a time where crises are deeply anchored to societal problems, Design’s ability to bring systemic…

Breaking news. Women and men are not equal. Their bodies are biologically not the same. This difference could be the only one, but that would be to forget about the weight of society, that transforms the sexes into genders. The French philosopher Simone de Beauvoir describes this phenomenon with these…