ABOUT
Haptera Design works at the intersection of ecology and design to address challenges found across urban waterways and aquatic environments.
With a focus towards novelty, the studio traverses between speculation and practical approaches of design to address opportunities for biodiversity to thrive in aquatic systems and the relationships formed as a result.
The studio moves fluidly between design research, practice and ecoliteracy to explore the social, technological and ecological dimensions of the environments that projects touch upon.
Grounded in a systems led approach, our work considers the nature of the relationships formed through our work, visualising and speculating on the potential impact of the work that we do at a variety of scales and systems.
UPCOMING
DESIGN THE WORLD YOU WANT
Join us for a series of events as part of Melbourne Design Week 2025 at the amazing venue space of the Norla Dome located at The Mission to Seafarers Victoria. Haptera Design will be hosting two events as part of this years program, a panel discussion and exhibtion.
Melbourne Design Week is Australia’s largest and leading annual design festival and takes place from 15–25 May 2025.
The 2025 program spans 11 days of 350+ events, exhibitions, talks, and installations throughout metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria
EXHIBITION - NOVEL FUTURES
DATES: 15.05.25 - 17.05.25
COST: Free entry
WHERE: Norla Dome: The Mission to Seafarers
717 Flinders St, Docklands VIC 3005
MDW WEBSITE: Novel Futures
Novel futures is an exploration of early concepts and speculations of the potential of novel habitats to be deployed within the lower Birrarung across the Fishermans bend precinct.
The displayed works explore concepts of stratification within the water column and how this might support the development of habitat forming species to encourage greater levels of engagement with biodiversity across sites that are often disregarded because of their novelty.
PANEL DISCUSSION - NOVEL NATURES DISCUSSION
DATES: 15.05.25 (6PM - 7.30PM)
COST: Free entry (Ticketed event)
Tickets available through Human Tix HERE
WHERE: Norla Dome: The Mission to Seafarers
717 Flinders St, Docklands VIC 3005
MDW WEBSITE: Novel Natures
Join us for an engaging discussion around novel natures and how we can reimagine our interactions and relationships around aquatic environments within urban settings.
Hear from a multidisciplinary panel exploring ideas from design to marine ecology about how we might start to address the novelty found across these sites. Join panelists Melissa Pineda Pinto, Brendan Lanham, Sarah Bekessy, Javier de Urquijo Isoard and Shane Hunt (Haptera Design).