The Agave furniture sculpture is an Indigenous design that embodies relationality between people and place, is founded on ancestral knowledge, it holds cultural significance, it is functional, sustainable, visually aesthetic, and it facilitates space for ceremony, and Indigenous and non-Indigenous practices. The Agave connects immaterial and material elements of culture. The furniture while using and interacting with it transitions to become ‘a space’ for practices and events.
Furniture has been used as a conceptual, comfortable, and stylish design device in spaces for centuries, but few newly manufactured pieces hold Indigenous and cultural significance. The Agave concept challenges this: through Indigenous and decolonial design processes people can imagine different and more sustainable futures. It demonstrates how an item of furniture can be functional, while challenging shapes, structures and significance through Indigenous knowledges and a decolonial process.
For DIA Accredited Designers, attendance at this event is worth 1 informal CPD Point.
Participants
Desiree Hernandez Ibinarriaga
Desiree Hernandez Ibinarriaga, is a Mexican woman with Chamula (Mayan), Nahua (Aztec) and Euskaldunak (Basque) heritage. She is a collaborative and social design maker and thinker, Lecturer at Monash Art, Design and Architecture, part of the Wominjeka Djeembana Research Lab cohort and Unit Coordinator for Indigenous Higher Degrees by Research. She has over 14 years of experience in the design field, across diverse disciplines, such as sustainability, social, furniture, interior, and Indigenous design. Desiree’s work focuses on better ways of partnership and communication between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people through design, by recognising the relationality between people and Place while privileging Indigenous knowledges.
The Agave furniture sculpture is an Indigenous design that embodies relationality between people and place, is founded on ancestral knowledge, it holds cultural significance, it is functional, sustainable, visually aesthetic, and it facilitates space for ceremony, and Indigenous and non-Indigenous practices. The Agave connects immaterial and material elements of culture. The furniture while using and interacting with it transitions to become ‘a space’ for practices and events.
Furniture has been used as a conceptual, comfortable, and stylish design device in spaces for centuries, but few newly manufactured pieces hold Indigenous and cultural significance. The Agave concept challenges this: through Indigenous and decolonial design processes people can imagine different and more sustainable futures. It demonstrates how an item of furniture can be functional, while challenging shapes, structures and significance through Indigenous knowledges and a decolonial process.
For DIA Accredited Designers, attendance at this event is worth 1 informal CPD Point.
Participants
Desiree Hernandez Ibinarriaga
Desiree Hernandez Ibinarriaga, is a Mexican woman with Chamula (Mayan), Nahua (Aztec) and Euskaldunak (Basque) heritage. She is a collaborative and social design maker and thinker, Lecturer at Monash Art, Design and Architecture, part of the Wominjeka Djeembana Research Lab cohort and Unit Coordinator for Indigenous Higher Degrees by Research. She has over 14 years of experience in the design field, across diverse disciplines, such as sustainability, social, furniture, interior, and Indigenous design. Desiree’s work focuses on better ways of partnership and communication between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people through design, by recognising the relationality between people and Place while privileging Indigenous knowledges.
