Lily Consuelo Saporta Tagiuri

Lily is an industrial designer and ecofuturist currently based in Brooklyn, New York. Her work addresses emerging climates and conditions of cities through design interventions. Using video, food, curriculum, material exploration, products, and installation, she draws attention to underlying social, political, and environmental systems and explores alternatives. Environmental justice and ecosystemic thinking are at the core of her work. She has lived and worked in China and England, and has shown internationally, including at the London Design Festival and at NYCxDESIGN.


Past Olios with Lily Consuelo Saporta Tagiuri


What If: How Sci-Fi Designs for Climate Crisis

From DUNE to Star Wars, to Three-Body Problem, science fiction writers have not only imagined extreme weather conditions but preempted climate change and created according strategies to address these threats. Together we will examine how speculative design is a key to climate preparedness and how imagining the future we want can help determine the tools and strategies we propose.

Venue: None

Teacher: Lily Consuelo Saporta Tagiuri

March 22, 2021, 8 p.m.

Interspecies Design: Treating Plant and Animal as the Client

In this Olio, designers and non designers are invited to explore the rich links and connections we have to flora and fauna and reimagine how we co-inhabit spaces. By looking at an overview of designs that inadvertently serve animals, ones that aim to restrict them, and ones that are designed to support them - we will start to see the blurred lines of our spaces and to celebrate interspecies connection.

Venue: None

Teacher: Lily Consuelo Saporta Tagiuri

Oct. 27, 2020, 8 p.m.

Who is it Built for? The Power and Influence of Design

In this Olio designers and non-designers are welcome to examine flaws in traditional design education. This lesson maps the limits of the field, critiques what has come before, and calls on participants to generate alternatives. Design alone will not save us, but it can pose alternatives, suggest new ways to feel joy, and be used for positive social impact.

Venue: None

Teacher: Lily Consuelo Saporta Tagiuri

Sept. 16, 2020, 8 p.m.

Who is it Built for? The Power and Influence of Design

In this Olio designers and non-designers are welcome to examine flaws in traditional design education. This lesson maps the limits of the field, critiques what has come before, and calls on participants to generate alternatives. Design alone will not save us, but it can pose alternatives, suggest new ways to feel joy, and be used for positive social impact.

Venue: None

Teacher: Lily Consuelo Saporta Tagiuri

Sept. 16, 2020, 8 p.m.


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