Creative Differences is a glimpse into a more sustainable future, where materials we use are

no longer passive recipients of design but active participants in their shaping process. While

common human approaches seek to eliminate difference, inhomogeneity is nature’s generative

mechanism of variety and harmony. This creative power of heterogeneity in matter and society

drives Automorph network, a collaboration between scientists and designers, to work together

on the concept of self-shaping matter.

 

Curated as a journey through three abstract landscapes, the installation sheds light on

natural models of self-shaping, and speculates how these could be harnessed to fabricate future

morphologies. Triggered by air, humidity or heat, two dimensional materials come into life,

becoming three dimensional artifacts that construct urban, underwater or field imaginary

landscapes. Creative Differences advocates for a future material culture, where beyond unique

aesthetic qualities, new relations with our planet are imagined.