Bread Economics draws parallels between building a thriving economy and baking sourdough bread. Using flour and water as metaphors for labor and capital, we explore how Adam Smith’s free-market economy can shift through invisible forces and interventions. Inspired by J.K. Gibson-Graham’s alternative economic theories, we reimagine economies as living systems, like sourdough starters, that thrive through continual care, sustainable practices, and more balanced approaches to markets, enterprises, and labor.

Designer: Maryam Ashraf, Nakshi Shah, Vidhi Shah, Youngjun Shin

RETURN TO GOOD INTERVENTIONS ’25 EXHIBITION