Large-scale information maps relevant to complex problem areas selected by Systemic Design students in OCAD University's SFI MDes program
sLab Research Associate
Orus Mateo Castaño-Suárez is a researcher, designer, and artist based in Treaty 13, Tkaronto (Toronto, Canada). Their award-winning work responds to the escalating severity of the climate crisis by developing innovative, visuospatial, topological, computational, and systemic design approaches for knowledge activation across disciplines.
Castaño-Suárez contributes to international research through the Harvard Divinity School Program for the Evolution of Spirituality, Abundant Intelligences Indigenous Artificial Intelligence project, American Society for Cybernetics, Systemic Design Association, and Creative Reaction Lab. In Canada, they contribute to the University of Toronto’s Creative Destruction Lab and OCAD University’s Strategic Innovation Lab, Visual Analytics Lab, Perceptual Artifacts Lab, and Global Centre for Climate Action. Castaño-Suárez’s achievements have been recognized through numerous awards, including the Ontario Graduate Scholarship. Their work has been showcased in exhibitions, conferences, and publications internationally.
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