Envisioning a
new food system
From mass production to
hyper localization
This work sought to address the known blind spots of a food industry designed to compete on cost alone – issues of equity, accessibility, quality, nutrition, animal welfare, and fair labor
The project utilized prototyping as an unconventional design research method in order to learn deeply about the food system through each prototyped design intervention
COURSE | Sustainable Solutions Workshop | May 2020
PROFESSOR | Carlos Teixeira
TEACHING ASSISTANT | Hendriana Werdhaningsih
TECHNOLOGY & DATA CONSULTANT | Zachary Pino
TEAM MEMBERS
IIT Institute of Design students
Harini Balu, Justin Bartkus, Todd Cooke, Jessica DeMeester, Audrey Gordon, Grace Hanford, Alvin Jin, Zhongyang Li, Shuyi Liu, Jason Romano, R. McKinley Sherrod, Brian Siegfried, J Smyk, Yutian Sun, Xiaoqiao Tang, Andreya Veintimilla, Justin Walker, Wanshan Wu, Shiya Xiao, Yueyue Yang
Partners
Chicago Food Policy Action Council | Rodger Cooley, Marlie Wilson, & Aasia Castañeda
New Futures Lab (Fabri-Kal) | Bill Robinson & Kate Robinson
Chicago Park District | Rebecca Tsolakides
YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago | Marjorie Kersten & Meg Helder
Chicago Public School | Harold Chapman
Chicago Department of Public Health | Jennifer Herd
IIT Stuart School of Business | Weslynne Ashton
