Gallery
Experiment overview
Mentorship for students focused on responsible digital design and raising awareness about physical internet infrastructure impacts.
Main objectives
Comprehensive guidance to students through various support areas:
Supervision of project implementation: offering structured oversight throughout the development process
Consultation on design processes: providing subject matter expert feedback on methodological approaches and creative decisions
Recommendations regarding methodologies and best practices: sharing industry insights and regenerative design principles
Achieved results
The initiative successfully guided multiple student projects to completion across different institutions.
Each project effectively translated complex digital environmental responsibility concepts into tangible design outcomes.
Main reflection
This educational collaboration demonstrated the power of integrating regenerative principles into design education.
By mentoring students through projects that questioned digital neutrality and explored the environmental impact of technology, this mentorship helped shape a new generation of designers equipped to address the ecological challenges of digital.
The diversity of approaches - from interactive objects to coal installations to eco-friendly websites - highlighted how environmental frameworks can inspire rather than limit creative expression.
Selected works
Helena Maciukiewicz: Things of the Internet
Academy of Fine Arts Cracow, Poland
This interactive project aims to raise ecological awareness by highlighting the physical impact of the digital world, encouraging users to reflect on their internet habits through an engaging object that presents the environmental consequences of online activities, ultimately provoking discussion about our relationship with the digital realm and its effects on the planet.
Kamila Cymbor: Graphic Design in the Context of Digital Ecology
Academy of Fine Arts Warszaw, Poland
This project addresses the carbon footprint of digital design by creating an eco-friendly website that educates users and designers about digital ecology, employing a visual language based solely on typography and system fonts, while challenging others to adopt environmentally conscious design practices and share their eco-friendly approaches.
Katarzyna Smorąg: I’m Watching Your Hands - Nature
University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Poland
The coal installation aims to raise awareness about the environmental impact of digital technologies by visually comparing the carbon footprint of online activities to the burning of coal, challenging the perception of digital neutrality and encouraging a more balanced relationship between technology, human well-being, and nature.