Biomaterials design, research
and education.

We Need a BioLab

As Make Material Sense, my course at Design Academy Eindhoven grew,
we needed a larger and better-equipped space for cooking, growing things, experimenting and sharing projects. So along with my students, we turned the Mid-term examinations into an exhibition/petition and successfully convinced decision-makers to invest in the school’s first BioLab.

Mid-Term exhibition and campaign for a more professional working space in which students can develpe new sustainable materials.
The projects are made by second year Bachelor students from all departments at the elective Make Material Sense, the exhibit is curated by Ana Lisa (tutor), Margherite and Tom (students), and aims to unveil the value of biomaterials we already make in our kitchens and gardens, while engaging other students and decision makers at our school.
We grow and care for materials, deal with our own and DAE’s waste, make new composites and more sustainable alternatives to plastic, leather, MDF, marble, cotton, silk, glues, glazes and dyes. We experiment, research, mess-up sometimes and also craft our own methods, tools and DIY machines.
We collaborate with bio-hackers, an international DIYBioLab community and are aware of the 2021 European ban of single-use plastic.
We now do all this in our kitchens, imagine what we could do four our own future if we had a DAE BioLab !