Carole Collet

Carole Collet is Professor in Design for Sustainable Futures at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts where she currently holds two key roles. She is Director of Maison/0, the CSM-LVMH Sustainable Innovation Programme set up in 2017 in partnership with the luxury group LVMH. She is also co-director of the Living Systems Lab, a research lab which explores the inherent properties of biological living systems to develop new knowledge in the field of ecology via creative practices in art, design and architecture.

As an educator, she has pioneered the integration of sustainability in the curriculum by founding new courses such as MA Textile Futures in 2001 (now Material Futures) and the first MA in Biodesign in 2019. In her research, Collet questions how and what we can learn from living systems to develop inherently sustainable propositions. She curated the first international biodesign exhibition ‘Alive, New Design Frontiers’ in 2013 to propose a sustainable framework for biodesign. Her work has been featured in international exhibitions such as the V&A and the Pompidou Centre. She regularly contributes to conferences on the subjects of biodesign, biomimicry and sustainable futures.