INTERVIEW interview by ANFISA VRUBEL and ALEPH MOLINARI photography by OLIVIER ZAHM style by MASHA ORLOV australian architect and designer julia watson researches global indigenous technologies and design, looking for “lo-tek,” symbiotic, and nature-based solutions to the climate crisis. for her, the answers to the future of design lie in radical indigenism, past and present. ANFISA VRUBEL — Let’s start with the personal. What first compelled you to embark on this area of research, to travel the world documenting old traditions and practices? JULIA WATSON — I studied architecture back in Australia, at the only university that conducts research on indigenous culture, design, architecture, and spatial organization. In my second year, I took a course called Aboriginal Environments, and it blew my mind. I studied taboo in the landscape, places where people were not allowed to go. It was all about mythology and the magical otherworldly relationships to the landscape…