What if we gave all life a voice in design?

Designers and businesses can create personas for nature and vulnerable humans to represent their needs during design and decision-making.

What if cities were designed for more than humans?

A workshop created by the LCD LAB for the AdaptNSW Forum 2023 where participants redesigned human spaces using non-human personas to imagine a Sydney made for more than humans to thrive.

“Thanks so much for joining us Damien Lutz. Life-centred climate adaptation design is now a thing thanks to your valuable insights and contribution.”
—Catherine Kerr, Climate Change Science Communicator

What if the forest was your classroom?

The LCD Lab was invited to Politecnico University in Milan to provide tools and guidance to students designing coexistence between their university and a neighbouring forest.

What if we saw product lifecycles as ecosystems?

A hypothetical life-centred redesign of a mattress and its business model using The Non-human Persona Guide to reduce its impact on the river systems it pollutes and takes from

What if we saw businesses as ecosystems?

Running a workshop with 44 participants at the NOVA School of Business and Economics in Lisbon, Portugal, to present life-centred design

“Damien Lutz’s guidance illuminated pathways where innovation aligns with human values, addressing real-world challenges with compassion and creativity… we explored fringe design frameworks and tools to help evolve design to be more value-driven, sustainable, regenerative, and socially just..”
—Nova SBE Innovation Ecosystem

What if ecommerce made planet-friendlier shopping easier?

What if online stores made it easier for users to make more planet-friendly options?