Experimental Food Design and Research

Recognising the need for increasingly critical approaches to Human-Food Interaction research, we joined forces with researchers from other universities to co-found the Feeding Food Futures (FFF) network. FFF is a collective of Human-Food Interaction (HFI) researchers, designers, practitioners, and (human and non-human) eaters exploring the intersection between food, technology, and culture. We design experimental HFI tools and events to provoke material reflections of contemporary human-food-technology ecosystems, with a broad take on what constitutes technology. We aim to nurture critical and playful HFI approaches that support participatory human-food engagements rather than ready-to-use solutions. This project, and the many initiatives it encompasses, was initiated by Ferran Altarriba Bertran in collaboration with Markéta Dolejsova (Aalto University), Danielle Wilde (University of Southern Denmark), and Hilary Davis (Swinburne University of Technology).