BIOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT
Kontsfack University of Art, Craft and Design Fashion, Stockholm, Sweden
Evelina Lavergren, an industrial designer from Sweden with a background in industrial design and design ecologies, explores the intersection of material innovation and ecological responsibility in her project Biological Footprint. Her practice is based around systems thinking, collaboration and circular design – and aims to expand what products can do and who they are made for.
Developed as a degree project, Biological Footprint uses Gotlandic seaweed as a sustainable alternative to synthetic materials. By transforming a local, regenerative resource into footwear for postal workers, Lavergren tackles two urgent challenges: reducing marine pollution from plastics and supporting the restoration of the overfertilised Baltic Sea. The design goes beyond functionality, harnessing friction from walking to disperse native seeds and nutrients into soil, enhancing biodiversity in both rural and urban areas.
Through this fusion of biomaterial exploration and ecological storytelling, Lavergren reimagines footwear not just as protection for the body but as a living tool for regeneration and systemic change.
Find out more about Evelina’s work here.
