A N A L I S A
Biomaterials Design & Biodesign
Independent Researcher, Professor, Curator, Archivist and Alchemist.
Present
Online Education and Advise Tailored to Students and Brands.
Past
20+ years in Sustainable Design
and Biodesign Education.
About Ana Lisa
I’m a Biomaterials Design & Biodesign Professor and Consultant, with over 20 years in Sustainable Design.
I conduct R&D, design and run educational programs, advise people on projects, and care for an Archive. I work independently online teaching students and professionals in the creative fields how to design and make new experimental biomaterials and things by recycling organic waste or growing organisms.
Previously, I have held various teaching positions but primarily dedicated to my course at Design Academy Eindhoven in NL, where I have guided over 300 projects, produced public exhibitions with my students, opened a BioLab
and collaborated with experts in different niches.
This led me to develop my methodology and assemble a Biomaterials Archive, to inspire sustainability and autarchy.
I was born in Buenos Aires, lived in London through my 20s, was a travelling photojournalist in my 30s, and lately,
I spent another cycle immersed in Dutch Academia.
I hold a BA in Eco-Design from London’s Goldsmiths and an MA in Design Curating and Writing from Design Academy Eindhoven.
My background spans over 20 years through multiple disciplines, but only one subject, Sustainable Design (then called Eco-Design), and since 2017, I have focused on Biodesign (short for Biodegradable Design).
Teaching some of my favourite kids at Design Academy Eindhoven, 2018
Online Education, WW, since 2020
Biomaterials Archive curator at Dutch Design Week 2019
Co-curating Mid-Terms at Design Academy Eindhoven, 2019
A third of my class at Design Academy Eindhoven, 2017
Workshop at Floating University Berlin, 2019
Mid-Terms at Human and Machine, an unofficial course at Design Academy Eindhoven, 2017
MA Graduation Show, Design Academy Eindhoven, Dutch Design Week, 2017
Graduate exhibition at Vanabbe Museum, NL, 2017
Interviewing Olivier van Herpt for my MA Thesis, 2017
Interviewing OWOW in 2010, my guest tutors in 2017
Online photojournalist, WW, 2010-17 for Inhabitat.com
Spoke to a 9,000 audience at the largest design festival in Latin America, AR, 2010
Guest curator at MALBA Museum, with Pablo Ferraro, Buenos Aires, 2010
Nokia competition sustainability judge, 2010
Curator interviewed by MTV at Festival Sustentable, AR, 2008-09
Arriving at Festival Sustentable, Jardin Botanico Buenos Aires, 2009
Experience
Year
2024
2024
2023-24
2022-23
2020-23
2022
2017-22
2021
2020-21
2020-21
2020
2020
2020
2020
2019-20
2019
2019
2019
2019
2019
2019
2019
2017-18
2017
2017
2015-17
2010-17
2012
2010
2010
2010
2009-10
2009-10
2009-10
2009
2009
2008-09
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2004-07
Medium
Workshop Website Project Mentorship
Interviews
Mentorship Course Webinar Course
Course Workshop Workshop Exhibition Project Course Exhibition Exhibition Project Workshop
Lecture Conference Conference Course
Exhibition Exhibition Master
Publications
Competition Competition Exhibition Conference Products
Hostel
Clothes
Course
Festival Festival
Exhibition
Exhibition Exhibition Exhibition Workshop Bachellor
Discipline
Tutor
Beta-Tester
Consultant
External Mentor
Consultant
External Mentor
Lead Tutor
Speaker
Lead Tutor
Lead Tutor
Tutor
Tutor
Consultant
Consultant
Lead Tutor
Curator
Curator
Collaborator
Lead Tutor
Speaker
Speaker
Speaker
Lead Tutor
Curator
Curator
Student
Photojournalist
Judge
Judge
Curator
Speaker
Designer
Consultant
Consultant
Guest Tutor
Curator
Curator
Curator
Curator
Curator
Curator
Tutor
Student
Client / City
BA Architecture, University of Antwerp
Materiom.com, London
Eternal MycoFood, Cape Canaveral, Florida
MA Architecture, Amsterdam University of the Arts
BA Admissions, Design Academy Eindhoven
BA Design Academy Eindhoven
Make Material Sense, BA Design Academy Eindhoven
Nuova Accademia delle Belle Arti, Milan
Biobased Designs, BA Scenography, Amsterdam University of the Arts
Growing Cultures, MA Ecology Futures, University of Applied Sciences, Den Bosch
Van Eyck Reloaded Festival, Ghent
Luca School of Arts, Faculty of Architecture, Ghent
Bio-Based Building, Bio-Based Creations, Company New Heroes, Dutch Design Week
AiR Mobile Project, Den Bosch
Eco-Materials Culture, MA Ecology Futures, Uni. of Applied Sciences, Den Bosch
Biomaterials Archive: Samples & Other Stories, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven
We Need a BioLab, Make Material Sense, Design Academy Eindhoven
Precious Plastic Beyond Plastic, Eindhoven
Floating University, Tempelhof, Berlin
Biomaterials from Design Academy Eindhoven, TU/e Technical University Eindhoven
Kazerne, Eindhoven
Bruxelles Environnement Leefmilieu
Human and Machine, Design Academy Eindhoven (Unofficial)
Human and Machine, Graduation Show, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven
Human and Machine, On Curating Design, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
MA Design Curating and Writing, Design Academy Eindhoven
Inhabitat.com
Parcours Fil Vert, Maison and Objet, Paris
Embajadores Nokia, Nokia, Buenos Aires
Malba Ed. Sustentable, MALBA Museum Store, Buenos Aires
TMDG Trimarchi Festival, Mar del Plata
Coca-Cola, Buenos Aires
Eco Pampa Hostel, Buenos Aires
Yo Vivo en Argentina, Cruz Dellacasa, Buenos Aires
Posgrado de Mobiliario DIMU, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba
Festival Sustentable en Corrientes, Casa de Cultura de Corrientes, Corrientes
Festival Sustentable, Jardín Botanico Carlos Thays, Buenos Aires
X-mas Installation, Nesta Headquarters, London (with [re]design)
SIT UP: Sustainable Seating Stories, 100% Design, London Design Festival (with [re]design)
Contained, Dott07, Newcastle (with [re]design)
Climate Cool by Design, British Council China, Guangzhou (with [re]design)
Royal Festival Hall, London (with [re]design)
BA (Hons) Eco-Design, Goldsmiths College, University of London
Country
BE
UK
US/AR
NL
NL
NL
NL
IT
NL
NL
BE
BE
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
DE
NL
NL
BE
NL
NL
NL
NL
WW
FR
AR
AR
AR
AR
AR
AR
AR
AR
AR
UK
UK
UK
CN
UK
UK
Mode
Online
Online
Online
Both
Online
Both
Online
Both
Online
Online Online Online
Online