Relive: novel design approaches to livingness

Structured in two parts, the book begins by laying out foundational concepts of livingness and mapping its application across design in its many domains – healthcare, interaction, textiles, and reimagining traditional crafts. It then moves into practice-based case studies that illustrate the rich possibilities of living artefacts – from healthcare applications that explore microbial systems, to wearable fashion as living textile ecosystems, to speculative design for water purification, regenerative materials for yacht interiors. Each chapter brings unique perspectives but shares a commitment to reimagining design in relation to life itself. For researchers and practitioners in design, HCI, synthetic biology, and architecture, this book offers a framework for cross-disciplinary inquiry and collaboration. For students and educators, it provides a toolkit for exploring this emerging domain – rich with both methodological depth and creative possibility. For those working in industry, particularly within the Made in Italy sectors, it reveals how livingness can reinvigorate tradition and craft through new technologies and material approaches. The book invites all of us – across disciplines and practices – to consider how we might design with life.