NOBODY: The Latin American Project at Milano Design Art Week

The design collective DON NADIE, founded by Ecuadorian industrial designers Lisandro Carrasco and Mono Alvarado, is presenting its project "1 m² / 1 second" at Milano Design Week. The installation, part of the IN BETWEEN collective at the Fuorisalone circuit, consists of sixteen folded-paper pieces within a cubic meter, each referencing native plant morphology. It translates the rate of deforestation into a tangible measure of time, representing one square meter of forest lost every second.

The project marks a significant shift for DON NADIE, whose practice was transformed by an artistic residency in Ecuador's biodiverse Chocó Andino region. The work directly engages with the ecological crisis of deforestation, driven by palm oil expansion and illegal mining, using paper—a material linked to both production time and ephemerality—to create a portable, reassemblable installation that bridges art, design, and environmental activism.