The workshop's first exercise dealt with basic tools like knives, brushes, and measuring objects built with the found materials; the idea was to get back on the origin of the production process, in which nature is not compromised. On the second half of the workshop participants were asked to develop proposals, and utopian/dystopian scenarios on the future relationship between human being and nature.
"Forma Fantasma really bring their spirit and their mood and put people thinking forward. In this particular case, nature became a language more than a focus." Sam Baron, design director at Fabrica, said. "It is interesting to see how graphic designers, starting from an educational point of view, build a narrative with objects."
Dean Brown focused his project on the extreme empathic relationship between man and plants: making a series of home technologies controlled by plants, based on scientific studies of the reactive capabilities of vegetables.
Throughout the workshop, participants gained a different point of view to look through nature outside formal schemes. "The whole projects series is based on a reflective sensitivity generated by observing nature," they noted. "We understood during this workshop that nature can be part of the production process instead of the victim of it."
