The Ocean will be our Ocean no more
Speech held by Julia Lohmann in the name of Ma Kombu (Japanese kelp) in 2022 at the Science Vision Forum in Helsinki, Finland. Connect with Julia on LinkedIn. Hello dear human beings, I am Ma Kombu, seaweed from the Pacific coast of Japan. I have come here today to address you through my human friend, […]
How Seaweed Captured My Imagination (and Changed My Art)
This article was written by Julia Lohmann, Associate Professor in Contemporary Design at Aalto University. Julia is also a member of the TIDAL ArtS Consortium. Connect with Julia on LinkedIn. In 2007, I was a designer-in-residence in Hokkaido, Japan. I applied for the position after visiting Tokyo’s Tsukiji fish market, where I was stunned by the […]