A (r)Evolutionary incubator, organism and commUnity of practice for creators catalyzing a regenerative future that works for ALL of life.
We are supporting artists and designers worldwide by building creative capacity to imagine an equitable and just protopian future,
because the future is always first an idea.
Applications are officially CLOSED
for joining the 3rd coheART of the Design Science Studio!
Our first two coheARTs graduated to become Evolutionaries and stewards of the Regenaissance.
Explore their work, get inspired by their initiatives and collaborate with them!
We are in a time of radical systems change. It is time to align humanity with Nature AS Nature once again. It’s time to reimagine everything:
From eco-systems, to thinking toolkits, from new governance systems, to eco-village blueprints…
New regenerative practices, protest music, protopian design, inspiring art and experiences…
We are birthing the Regenaissance.
Overview
We are calling all creators: fine artists, designers, performers, philosophers, ecologists, systems thinkers and others who resonate with this prompt to create art that explores the principles of Design Science.
Buckminster Fuller was inspired by nature, and we currently know more about living systems than we ever have. Whether you are visualizing what society aligned with the principles of nature will look like or creating technology that will help us get there, we invite you to join our community of collaborators. Through creative expression, members of this program will co-create in service of a world that works “for 100% of humanity in the shortest possible time, through spontaneous cooperation, without ecological offense or the disadvantage of anyone”.
We welcome creators to apply to join the Design Science Studio and embark on a facilitated journey to use principles of nature, science and design to imagine a future that is regenerative and just.
Creators in the studio apply their whole systems knowledge
to create (r)Evolutionary art, experiences and messages for a
regenerative future that works for 100% of life.
What is the Design Science Studio?
The Design Science Studio scaffolds, mentors and supports artists to inspire and propel us into a regenerative future. The program takes artists on a learning journey through a mind bending curriculum to produce planet-conscious art and design.
Following the ideas of visionaries like Buckminster Fuller and many modern and ancient system thinkers, philosophers, activists, scientists, ecologists and visionary polymaths, we help artists create stories, experiences and interventions that can create cultural shifts.
The program culminates in a series of digital and physical showcases and large scale campaigns to imagine and facilitate the transition to a future where all beings thrive through celebration, experience and art.
We are in a time of radical systems change as Humanity has the potential to realign itself with Nature.
The Design Science Studio will respond to this fragile and transformational moment by ARTiculating the possibility of a healthy world via a decade of non-violent, design-led, creativity-expressed revolution. The time has perhaps never been more ripe for Fuller’s vision of the Design Science Revolution. The Design Science Studio will uplifts creators across mediums to spark inspiration, conversation, reconciliation, and action so that we may all band together and evolve into a life-affirming world.
The Design Science Studio (DSS) was historically an initiative created in pARTnership with the Buckminster Fuller Institute (BFI) and habRitual. DSS is now an independent organism led by habRitual in pARTnership with and fiscally sponsored by BFI.
The Design Science Studio is comprised of the following components:
CURRICULUM:
Explore and Orient
Cutting edge embodied education, building bridges for systemic understanding
Curriculum resources
Periodic showcases (virtual and live)
Cross-pollination with other artists to share insights, experiences and best practices
COMMUNITY:
Deepen and Create
The amount of emergence is unprecedented. People from all around the world are uniting to rethink our structures, systems and solutions. A Regenaissance of new ways of being and doing is starting.
Artists join a creative community to imagine new ways to transform our Planet.
Be part of a Global cohort connected to pARTners in the movement for mutual support and collective action.
SHOWCASE:
Harvest and Amplify
WE powerfully weave, scaffold, fund and launch art that changes history.
Throughout the decade, we will create festivals and immersive experiences to celebrate the Regenaissance and show the world that other futures are possible.
Make sure to explore regen·era, the virtual regenerative city we created to give home to all the projects that we will incubate and support in years to come. You can also check out some amazing content from our previous celebratory gatherings and conversations or go directly into our virtual worlds through our launchpad.
Benefits of DSS
Join a creative Community of Practice
Mentorship
Access to impactful educational resources
Engage in a curriculum designed to regenerate your view of the world, build your capacity and strengthen your inner systems thinker
Opportunities to promote and highlight your work to broad audiences
Selected pieces will be featured in showcases and auctions to amplify your art
A movement designed to create systemic and social change through art. A school of thought to create a cultural shift. A place to show up for the planet through your creativity.
“Make the world work, for 100% of life,
in the shortest possible time,
through spontaneous cooperation,
without ecological offense or
the disadvantage of anyone.”
-Buckminster Fuller
Projects at all production phases from conception to completion are invited to apply join our coheART of creators.
Applications for coheART 3 are now closed, stay tuned for coheART 4 in 2024!
Want to join the next coheART or join the
(r)Evolution in another way?
Quotes from our past alumni.
“Through DSS I have found kinship in values; I have found community in shared goals; and I have found inspiration to keep pushing ourselves and each other—inside and out—to question, try, continue creating and listening.”
- Chris Weir, Evolutionary
“Creating space for collaboration is a radical form of artistry. The Design Science Studio is a rare and wonderful gift, a public commons for cross-pollination combined with a private incubator to nourish new works”
- Evo Heyning, Evolutionary
“Design Science Studio has emerged for and by the architects of the future. It was the singular most profound turning point in my career.”
- Umair Zia, Evolutionary
Eligibility
This program results in digital showcases, so art that is easily accessible to viewers online (paintings, websites, data visualizations, images, video, etc.) is encouraged. However we will have as many physical exhibitions in the future, so no medium is off limits. Dancers, poets, musicians, performers, visual artists, sculptors, writers, digital artists, and creators of any other medium are encouraged to participate. We also invite collaborators for development of creative projects: designers, philosophers, architects, ecologists, systems thinkers, and anyone else interested in contributing to our mission.
We're accepting projects at all production phases from conception to completion and also artists without a project.
We invite all creators to participate. We extend an invitation to established and emerging artists, artists of color, LGBTQIA+ creators, undocumented artists, unhoused artists, different socioeconomic backgrounds, marginalized groups or communities, etc.
Even though our programs have a cost that allows us to continue operating and expanding our message, we offer a significant amount of grants and possibilities to reduce the program cost for those artists in a more delicate financial situation.
“It is the science...of the ordered design, comprehensible principles by which our universe works, and which we can expect, understand, and predictably apply to partner with and refashion our natural and human world.”
—Glenn Olds
Core DSS Stewards
Roxi Shohadaee
Marieam Shohadaee
Bliss Alberts
Julia Russotti
Stephen Bau
Mark Smith
D-Empress Dr. Dianne Regisford
Mariette Papic
Founding Team
Roxi Shohadaee, Co-Founder, Ecosystem Director + ARTchitect
(Active Steward)
Nicolás Alcalá, Co-Founder, Studio Imagineer, Advisor
Amanda Joy Ravenhill, Co-Founder, Advisor
Faith Flanigan, Co-Founder, Advisor
Explore the rest of the team here.
Ari Lazer
Speaker John Ash
Eve Rose
