Imagining a more environmentally conscious future, designers are searching for new sustainable and renewable resources that can become production materials. Through studies in biochemistry and by observing phenomenon, new experiments are reproducing the behaviors that exist in natural processes like the life of microbes, bacteria and algae.
During MDW18 we confirmed that companies, large and small, universities, and artists have invested years of energy in this research, already seeing significant results.
These projects have a fascinating array of perspectives, which include scientific, experimental, creative, aesthetic and production design aspects.
We hope for applications of these new materials in the near future–and we’ve already seen some surprising results.