About
FLUFFFF is a design and research studio exploring the intersections of human-derived architecture and our non-human counterparts.
The name “fluff” pulls from a rich tradition of women’s work and craft that was designed out during western modernism - deemed un-autonomous and therefore superfluous and no longer valid. We honor the entangled nature of craft and being, embracing our fellow (fluffy and not-fluffy) non-human models of symbiogenesis, and strive for a more collaborative, inclusive design practice.
We believe that architecture is political, impacting all. Through design we advocate, care, and reframe perceptions via different representational techniques and multimedia collaborations.
We are interested in addressing questions of all scales, from the micro — building from the smallest element like the bacteria within us — to the macro — the all-encompassing global systems and processes. Our ongoing work includes exhibition, dwelling and clinic design, as well as research through mapping, weaving, tufting, mess-making, filming.
Awards, Recognitions, and Mentions
2023 Recipient of the Graham Foundation’s Grants for Exhibitions, “Spatializing Reproductive Justice” exhibition, in association with ArchiteXX
2023 Featured in The Architect’s Newspaper, Editor’s Picks, “Spatializing Reproductive Justice” by Marianela D’Aprile, published March 24, 2023
2022 Mention in The Architect’s Newspaper, Letter to the Editor, “Why the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization matters for architects and architecture students” by Womxn in Design and Architecture, published September 14, 2022
2022 Shortlisted in Buildner’s Iceland Lake Myvatn Community House Competition, run in partnership with Sveinn Margeirsson, mayor of Skútustaðahreppur
2021 Winner of AA Visiting School’s competition "Animalesque City: Visions for Human/Animal Cohabitation"
2021 Publication in the LA+ Journal, Issue 14: LA+ CREATURE, published Fall 2021
2020 Honorable mention at LA+ CREATURE international design ideas competition
Exhibitions
New traveling exhibition “Spatializing Reproductive Justice” is forthcoming in January 2024 - January 2026. More information to come soon.
2021 Part of the ARCH+ exhibition "Cohabitation: A Manifesto for the Solidarity of Non-Humans and Humans in Urban Space" at silent green Kulturquartier, Berlin, Germany