The Bazaar Framework

The Bazaar Framework

The Bazaar Framework

Here lies the backbone or perhaps the mycelium of NonSense Bazaar.

Here lies the backbone or perhaps the mycelium of NonSense Bazaar.

A framework not of rules, but of relations.

The NonSense Bazaar Framework is not a set of steps. It is a living constellation of principles, archetypes, and methods , a tangle of roots and stories rather than a straight line.

It invites you to design as if fungi are whispering in your ear, as if rivers are watching, as if ghosts of discarded plastics demand a say. It asks you to think beyond human comfort and beyond the sterile idea of “solution.”

Rooted in speculative design, indigenous knowledge, feminist STS, posthumanism and tentacular thinking, this framework offers ways to imagine, embody, and build with more-than-human worlds.

At its core lie six principles, each a seed to grow shared futures. Alongside them stand four designer archetypes, companions to guide you. The methods here are meant to be tried, adapted, and re-grown elsewhere. Embody a crab searching for a new shell. Map the dreams of a landfill. Build fictions that spill into reality.

This framework is an invitation: to care, to play, to speculate bravely — and to realize that design is not just about creating things, but about making kin with everything that breathes, leaks, crumbles, or grows.

Welcome to the tangle.

FrameWork Principles

Non-Human Stakeholder Agency

Non-Human Stakeholder Agency

Non-Human Stakeholder Agency

Design as if rivers, fungi, plastics, winds and even AI have a seat at the table.

Design as if rivers, fungi, plastics, winds and even AI have a seat at the table.

Situated & Embodied Practice

Situated & Embodied Practice

Situated & Embodied Practice

Knowledge is not abstract, it grows from bodies, places, and relationships.

Knowledge is not abstract, it grows from bodies, places, and relationships.

Imagination as Method

Imagination as Method

Imagination as Method

Speculation and fiction are not escapes; they are tools to open new realities.

Speculation and fiction are not escapes; they are tools to open new realities.

Fictional Realities, Real Fictions

Fictional Realities, Real Fictions

Fictional Realities, Real Fictions

Worlds built in stories shape the material world; design them consciously.

Worlds built in stories shape the material world; design them consciously.

Entangled Temporalities

Entangled Temporalities

Entangled Temporalities

Design across pasts, presents, and futures; time is non-linear and collective.

Design across pasts, presents, and futures; time is non-linear and collective.

Care & Play as Politics

Care & Play as Politics

Care & Play as Politics

Approach design as a joyful, caring, and radical act of kin-making, not just problem-solving.

Approach design as a joyful, caring, and radical act of kin-making, not just problem-solving.

The Designer Archetypes

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FAQ

What is NonSense Bazaar?

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What does "NonSense" mean here?

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Who can use this?

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Is this only for designers?

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Why focus on non-human stakeholders?

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Can I run my own NonSense Bazaar?

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Can this be integrated into existing design courses?

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FAQ

What is NonSense Bazaar?

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What does "NonSense" mean here?

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Who can use this?

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Is this only for designers?

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Why focus on non-human stakeholders?

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Can I run my own NonSense Bazaar?

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Can this be integrated into existing design courses?

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