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17-25 October 2026

The Future Protein Plan

how can we feed people in 2050?

Hosted by XIAOFEI YANG

This project is now archived and was part of DDW20

THE FUTURE PROTEIN PLAN is a design strategy based platform to stimulate people's imagination to create their own protein resources. It aims to explore how design can be used in combination with cellular agriculture to achieve a sustainable eating future.
Today, 89 percent of the world's population eats meat on a daily basis. As the population explodes and the demand for meat consumption rockets, people are encouraged to adopt the protein transition to decrease the pressure of livestock farming on the envi
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About XIAOFEI YANG

I'm Xiaofei Yang (Young), an interdisciplinary designer and food innovator. I currently got both MA and MSc degree in Innovation Design Engineering at the Royal College of Art and the Imperial College London. I have focused on food innovation during my two years in IDE. I use food as a design topic with a diverse perspective, combining design strategies and emerging technologies to create work with social impact.

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