Barbara Pollini

About the Author

Barbara Pollini is a visionary designer and thinker at the forefront of sustainable innovation, blending principles of interaction design with ecological regeneration to create systems that foster harmony between technology and the natural world. With a background in environmental science and digital interfaces, she explores how designed interactive living systems can transition societies toward regenerative ecologies, addressing pressing global challenges like climate resilience and biodiversity loss. Pollini's work emphasizes collaborative, adaptive frameworks that empower communities to co-evolve with their environments, drawing from interdisciplinary insights in biology, computing, and social dynamics. Her influential book, Living Interaction Design: The Transition Towards Designed Interactive Living Systems for Regenerative Ecologies, serves as a seminal guide for practitioners and policymakers seeking to reimagine human-nature interactions in an era of ecological urgency.