Talk:
"Collective Prototypes for Regenerative Living"
Leah Ireland
Salt Galata
October 8, 2025 18.30
Feminist Farmers Community Days, 2018
Photo: Leah Ireland
Photo: Leah Ireland
Workshop IV
Southern Sweden-based designer and eco-social activist Leah Ireland will present her practice exploring urban spatial justice, food ecologies, and situated design processes as part of the IASPIS Istanbul Exchange Program and Practice Matters.
Drawing on her recent projects, Ireland will present the concept of designing for regenerative living through collective, place-based processes. She will focus on garden movements for eco-social spatial justice and her work within organizations such as the Feminist Farmers, VXO FARMLab, and Hofs Lifs. Interspersed with stories from the field, she will highlight the importance of collective action and organization, eco-social justice movements, and developing prototypes for regenerative futures as a form of design activism.
The talk will be held in English and is open to everyone.
Leah Ireland is a Canadian-born designer and eco-social activist who explores the complexities of food ecologies and regenerative practices through site-responsive actions and interventions. She is driven by a deep interest in urban spatial politics, regenerative design, and multispecies modalities. Her design practice has been situated in socially engaged organizations such as the Feminist Farmers, VXO FARMLab, and Hofs Lifs. Ireland is the founder of FLOW studios and an external lecturer in the Design Department at Linnaeus University in Växjö, Sweden.
IASPIS is the Swedish Arts Grants Committee’s International Program for Visual and Applied Arts. It is aimed at artists working in the fields of visual arts, photography, design, crafts, illustration, textile art, and architecture.
The IASPIS Istanbul Exchange Program has been initiated in 2024 in collaboration between Salt and IASPIS, with support from the Consulate General of Sweden in Istanbul and the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul. The 2025 edition is programmed by Eylül Şenses at Salt in collaboration with Aslı Kıyak İngin.
Practice Matters is a long-term project that explores how design, craft, architecture, and urban practices respond to urgent issues of conflict and crisis. The project is organized by IASPIS in collaboration with Salt and programmed by Magnus Ericson and Eylül Şenses.
Southern Sweden-based designer and eco-social activist Leah Ireland will present her practice exploring urban spatial justice, food ecologies, and situated design processes as part of the IASPIS Istanbul Exchange Program and Practice Matters.
Drawing on her recent projects, Ireland will present the concept of designing for regenerative living through collective, place-based processes. She will focus on garden movements for eco-social spatial justice and her work within organizations such as the Feminist Farmers, VXO FARMLab, and Hofs Lifs. Interspersed with stories from the field, she will highlight the importance of collective action and organization, eco-social justice movements, and developing prototypes for regenerative futures as a form of design activism.
The talk will be held in English and is open to everyone.
Leah Ireland is a Canadian-born designer and eco-social activist who explores the complexities of food ecologies and regenerative practices through site-responsive actions and interventions. She is driven by a deep interest in urban spatial politics, regenerative design, and multispecies modalities. Her design practice has been situated in socially engaged organizations such as the Feminist Farmers, VXO FARMLab, and Hofs Lifs. Ireland is the founder of FLOW studios and an external lecturer in the Design Department at Linnaeus University in Växjö, Sweden.
IASPIS is the Swedish Arts Grants Committee’s International Program for Visual and Applied Arts. It is aimed at artists working in the fields of visual arts, photography, design, crafts, illustration, textile art, and architecture.
The IASPIS Istanbul Exchange Program has been initiated in 2024 in collaboration between Salt and IASPIS, with support from the Consulate General of Sweden in Istanbul and the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul. The 2025 edition is programmed by Eylül Şenses at Salt in collaboration with Aslı Kıyak İngin.
Practice Matters is a long-term project that explores how design, craft, architecture, and urban practices respond to urgent issues of conflict and crisis. The project is organized by IASPIS in collaboration with Salt and programmed by Magnus Ericson and Eylül Şenses.
