Why We Burn Wool | Curious By Design (S1E1)

We burn wool.The same wool that once clothed us through ice ages.Why? And what does that say about how we value things and each other?A story about memory, care, and the hidden wisdom in our closets.Key Quotes:“Such a nice material like wool… is thrown away.” “The only way to survive this hurry-up mentality… is to slow down.”“Maybe the softest thing in your closet isn’t wool. Maybe … it’s care.”Guest Bio:Gabriele Schuller, Artist[Website, ⁠Gabriele's installation “Steinreich”⁠]Gabriele is a gentle wanderer of art and nature, whose creativity is as rooted in the cycles of the earth as it is in the human heart. Born in Wels in 1961, she now lives between Linz and the Salzkammergut, weaving her life and work together in paintings, installations, textiles. Anything that helps her explore what it means to live, die, grow, fall, and rise again. For Gabriele, making art is never separate from the world she senses around her: the seasons, the decay and renewal, the quiet whispers of nature. She studies deeply—culture mediation, graphic design, textile technology, art history—but she also makes with her hands, with intuition, and with care. Her projects often invite others in: workshops, public art, curatorial work. She believes art is strongest when it connects. And at the core of what she does is this mission: to find words and images for what she feels, to translate lived experience into something that moves both maker and viewer.Host Bio:Viktoriia Simakova, Founder, Les Ensembles[Instagram, LinkedIn, Les Ensembles: your sustainable styling app⁠]Viktoriia is a bright spark of creativity and purpose, someone who doesn’t just talk about change, she lives it. She is the founder of , a project born from her love of fashion and her concern for the planet, helping people reconnect with their wardrobes in ways that feel meaningful, not wasteful. Based in Austria, Viktoriia is studying informatics, with an eye for how AI and smart design can shape a better future. She sees clothes as more than fabric. They are stories, memories, possibilities. She’s warm, curious, quietly persistent, always asking: how can we consume kindly, dress mindfully, and treat our environment with respect? Beyond code and algorithms, she cares deeply about people: the ones wearing the clothes, the ones making them and the bigger world in which it all unfolds.Books discussed:Shopping via my link costs you nothing extra, but helps me out a little. Thank you!Staying with the Trouble by Donna HarawayBraiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

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