Mattering

This is a living archive of experiments, theories, and alliances between humans, technologies, and other forms of intelligence. Here you’ll find a growing body of work that spans research projects, peer-reviewed publications, design studios, and experimental pedagogies. From speculative prototypes to scholarly reflections, this evolving collection captures the ongoing effort to shift design from a human-centered practice to one rooted in multispecies collaboration and planetary care.

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Selected publications


Designing for Multispecies Cities: Envisioning Coexistence Experiences Between Humans and Plants

Vergani, F., & Maramotti, M. (2025). Designing for Multispecies Cities: Envisioning Coexistence Experiences Between Humans and Plants. Cumulus 2025.

2025   |   Conference Proceedings

Ripples: Voices of the Lagoon—Attuning to Multispecies Justice through Tangible and Embodied Interaction

Zhu, G. J., Mou, Z., Cosentino, S., Song, Z., Borsato, A., & Giaccardi, E. (2025). Ripples: Voices of the Lagoon—Attuning to Multispecies Justice through Tangible and Embodied Interaction. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS 2025), 7–11 July, Madeira, Portugal.

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Diffractive Interfaces: Facilitating Agential Cuts in Forest Data Across More-than-Human Scales

Giaccardi, E., Nam, S., & Nicenboim, I. (2025). Diffractive Interfaces: Facilitating Agential Cuts in Forest Data Across More-than-Human Scales. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS 2025), 7–11 July, Madeira, Portugal.

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Designing from the plants' perspective. A field case study in urban forest of “La Goccia”

Vergani, F., & Di Liberto, F. (2024). Designing from the plants' perspective. A field case study in urban forest of “La Goccia”, in Gray, C., Ciliotta Chehade, E., Hekkert, P., Forlano, L., Ciuccarelli, P., Lloyd, P. (eds.), DRS2024: Boston, 23–28 June, Boston, USA.

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The Making(s) of More-than-human Design

Giaccardi, E., Redström, J., & Nicenboim, I. (2024). The making(s) of more-than-human design. Human–Computer Interaction, 1–16. Taylor & Francis.

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Rethink Design: A Vocabulary for Designing with AI

Giaccardi, E., & Bendor, R. (2024). Rethink design: A vocabulary for designing with AI. TU Delft OPEN Publishing.

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More-than-human Design in Practice

Nicenboim, I., Lindley, J., Zaga, C., Berger, A., Forlano, L., & Giaccardi, E. (2024). More-than-human design in practice. In DRS2024: Boston. Design Research Society.

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Unmaking-with AI: Tactics for Decentering through Design

Nicenboim, I., Søndergaard, M. L. J., Lindley, J., Reddy, A., Strengers, Y., Redström, J., & Giaccardi, E. (2024). Unmaking-with AI: Tactics for Decentering through Design. ACM Transactions on Computer–Human Interaction, 31(6), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1145/3649093

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More-than-human Perspectives and Values in Human-Computer Interaction

Yoo, D., Bekker, T., Dalsgaard, P., Eriksson, E., Fougt, S. S., Frauenberger, C., Friedman, B., Giaccardi, E., Hansen, A.-M., Light, A., et al. (2023). More-than-human perspectives and values in human-computer interaction. In Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA ’23), Article 516, 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544549.3583174

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Living Artifacts for Regenerative Ecologies

Karana, E., McQuillan, H., Rognoli, V., & Giaccardi, E. (2023). Living artefacts for regenerative ecologies. Research Directions: Biotechnology Design, 1, e16. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/rdc.2023.16

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Designing More-than-human AI: Experiments on Situated Conversations and Silences

Nicenboim, I., Giaccardi, E., & Redström, J. (2023). Designing more-than-human AI: Experiments on situated conversations and silences. diid disegno industriale industrial design, 80, 32–43. Bologna University Press.

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More-than-human Concepts, Methodologies, and Practices in HCI

Coskun, A., Cila, N., Nicenboim, I., Frauenberger, C., Wakkary, R., Hassenzahl, M., Mancini, C., Giaccardi, E., & Forlano, L. (2022, April 27). More-than-human Concepts, Methodologies, and Practices in HCI. In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts (pp. 1–5).

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Technology and More-than-human Design

Giaccardi, E., & Redström, J. (2020). Technology and more-than-human design. Design Issues, 36(4), 33–44. https://doi.org/10.1162/desi_a_00601

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