Millicent Sutton

The arduous and taxing nature of mankind’s relationship with planet Earth is threatening the life encapsulated within it.

Flowering plants are facing infertility, premature blooming, and species extinction as a result of anthropogenic climate change. Enduring captive growing, debilitation with viruses and pesticides and genital mutilation for our aesthetic pleasure.

Frankenflowers is a design research, design fiction and discursive design project that speculates a scenario where the human pursuit of floral perfection turns into a Darwinian nightmare.

This project considers the ethical implications of floriculture practices and the future projections of climate change. Speculating what comes after the Anthropocene, and how flowering plants might evolve to survive in this future geological epoch named: the ‘Anthocene’. 

The humanoid diegetic prototypes on display, tangibly showcase a selection of these future plant forms.