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title: "Brassica Lab · Irina Kostina"
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description: "Brassica Lab: cabbage as a research object — type, transformation, role and flavour axis. A lab by Irina Kostina, 50 objects."
updated: 2026-10-16
author: Irina Kostina (Ирина Костина)
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Laboratory / BRASSICA-LAB

# Brassica Lab

Brassica as a research object: type, transformation, role and flavour axis.

[Open the research tool ↗](https://kostina.online/projects/brassica-lab/#brassica-key)

Conceptual illustration of the method

[Brassica Lab · 50](https://kostina.online/academy/brassica/)

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## Laboratory

One material is revealed through a system of differences. The original Brassica model sets four coordinates of an object: cabbage type, transformation, role and flavour axis.

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## What can be explored

Nine Brassica types, thirteen transformations, twelve roles and seven flavour axes are available. Below you can assemble a key and see how the description of the research task changes.

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## The boundary of the object

A research interface based on the surviving taxonomy is published. The recipe archive is not in the available folder; the selected combination is a research hypothesis, not a tested recipe.

## Assemble a research key

Type

Transformation

Role

Flavour axis

White cabbage → Fermentation → Base → Acid

The key sets the direction of research. It is not a cooking instruction.

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STEAM · construction

BOARD · object

Structural section