Technospoonism is a speculative design project exploring how the rituals of eating might evolve in a technologically mediated future marked by the climate crisis. Inspired by kamayan—the traditional Filipino practice of eating with one’s hands in a communal setting—the project reflects on how cultural gestures can transform without losing their identity.
The work proposes a series of silver jewelry-cutlery, designed to be worn on the fingers and wrists as extensions of the hand. These are neither simple utensils nor traditional jewelry, but hybrid artifacts: part ornament, part prosthesis.
Conceived as speculative heirlooms, these forms develop around three primary references: the traditional symbols of batok tattooing, organic morphology, and industrial utility. They represent an intersection of nature, culture, and technology. In a future scenario shaped by climate change, the food consumed with this jewelry-cutlery consists of dried, cured, and fermented dishes.
The choice of silver is both functional and symbolic, as it is a material of value that is also highly durable. Accompanying the pieces is a short speculative film: shot in a minimalist and ambiguous environment—part natural, part domestic—the film depicts a group of individuals participating in a reinterpreted kamayan ritual. The communal meal is thus redefined through evolved tools and ritualized gestures.
Through jewelry that nourishes and cutlery that adorns, Technospoonism transforms the act of eating with one’s hands into a new kinetic choreography. The project imagines a future where traditions are not preserved by resisting change, but by adapting rituals, tools, and movements to move through it.
IN COLLABORATION WITH
De La Salle – College of Saint Benilde
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
British Council