Protofarm

Noah-Murphy Reinhertz and Amy Fraceschini, of Futurefarmers, explain the Multinational Feedback Loop. True to its name, the Multinational Feedback Loop recycles, reuses and adapts existing and obsolete technologies, in order to sustain the cultivation of renewable resources on an international level.

Revital Cohen conceived the Electrocyte Appendix for Protofarm 2050. Acknowledging the importance of electricity in the modern world, the Electrocyte Appendix is a human organ for converting blood sugar into electricity.

Frank Tjepkema’s Oogst for Protofarm 2050 is a self-sustaining environment for 1, 100 or 1 000 people.

Forming part of Protofarm’s parallel session at the ICSID for the World Design Congress, Amy Franceschini explains Futurefarmers’s approach to community-based Victory Gardens and the importance of growing our own food.

Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby (Dunne&Raby) speculate that people would start determining their own evolution using advances in genetic modification to maximize the nutritional value of their surroundings.

The Guide to Free Farming is a handbook to sourcing nutrition in the urban environment, by 5.5 designers for Protofarm 2050.

Design Indaba commissioned designers, Revital Cohen, Frank Tjepkema, Futurefarmers, Dunne and Raby and 5.5 designers, to conceive the ways in which farming will adapt in the future.