SEEDS OF HOPE
Dutch  Design Week 2025
BioArt Laboratories, Eindhoven
October 2025

In collaboration with: Tana Jeic, Mia Domenech, Audrey Ihirwe and Lilou Lemmonier



Seeds of Hope is a short film  and installation that challenges anthropocentric systems of control by reimagining the human relationship with “weeds.” Through an intimate, sensory dialogue between a woman and a dandelion, the project reframes this resilient plant from an unwanted nuisance to a vital companion.
Its wind-carried seeds, long associated with fulfilling human wishes, become a powerful symbol of renewal, hope, and resistance amid deep ecological and social uncertainty.

Through an intimate, sensory dialogue between a woman and a flower, the film replaces the destructive act of plucking with a gesture of gentle observation, kneeling to meet the dandelion where it is. By illustrating a metamorphosis between the human body and the plant, Seeds of Hope reframes this unwanted weed as an intelligent companion.


Authors: Zeus Tutu & Tito Penrose
Edited by: Dusty Acres & Mitch Glitch
92pp, Hardback, 24 × 32 cm
ISBN: 978-82-697000-0-0
Printed by: Cargo® Press Ltd

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