Designing Acceptance: The Challenge of Making Lab-Grown Meat Culturally Palatable
By
Jane Englefield
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Summary
This article explores the challenges and opportunities of lab-grown meat, focusing on the role of design in making it culturally and emotionally acceptable to consumers. It examines questions about what defines "meat" beyond just biological origins, and discusses how scientists, designers, and food critics are working to create lab-grown steak that people will actually want to eat.
Key quotes
· 3 pulled"What is meat, really? Is it defined by its molecular structure, its nutritional composition, its cultural role, its biological origin, or the emotional resonance it carries?"
"Lab-grown meat is gaining traction. But before we consume it, we need to believe in it – and that's where design comes in."
"Questions like Li's make lab-grown meat, which could be on sale in the UK within the next..."
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