Designing the Impossible Image

What would a world beyond classification look like? In this keynote talk Xiaowei R. Wang examines the intersection between design and colonial botany, and illuminates the problems of categorization. They reveal how we attempt to create a neatly compartmentalized world by constructing an 'impossible image.' Through exploring the history of the impossible image, this talk questions how we can see past rigid classification to create other worlds – and redesign the impossible.