Insight: Biodesign Here Now, the exhibition
Open Cell, a community-led-non-profit creative space, opened its door with the Biodesign Here Now festival on the 19th of September as part of the London…
Workshop: Making Scents; Art & the Olfactory by Frieze Academy
They say smell is one of the most powerful evocative of the senses. Memories seem intricately bounded to certain smalls and vice-versa. Frieze Academy…
Design, Digital Couture, Digital Culture, News
Installation: ‘The Anthropocene Body – Plumial Space’ at Arcade East London
Arcade East, London College of Fashion’s new project space, was developed to host a themed season of events and installations with a focus on…
Architectures, Design, News, Scout & Trends
Talk: ‘Blending the Digital and the Material: current trends in fashion, design and material innovation’ Soho House BCN
In 1995, Nicholas Negroponte predicted that “being digital” would have us entering a realm increasingly unconstrained by the materiality of the world he was…
Exhibition: ‘ARTEFACT FOOTWEAR, FUTURES’ at London Design Festival 2018
Every September London Design Festival takes over London with a nine-day celebration, comprising of over 400 different events, exhibitions and installations. Established in 2003,…
ANASTASIA PISTOFIDOU, gesturing between ourselves and the natural world
When Anastasia Pistofidou* moved from Greece to Spain in 2010 to study at the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC), she already had…
Exhibition: ‘Biolace’ by Carole Collet at museum Texture in Kortrijk
Carole Collet, Professor in Design for Sustainable Futures at Central Saint Martins, London -and previously featured in CLOT Magazine- has been conducting research that blends…
Exhibition: Daejeon Biennale 2018
“BIO” is the thought-provoking theme and title of the Biennale that will be taking place in Daejeon, South Korea, from July 17th to October…
Design, Interviews, Scout & Trends
LOUIS ALDERSON-BYTHELL, a dichotomy of inspiration with biology and fashion design
Fashion: a reflection of our times, politics, showcase of individuality. Follow it or not, fashion is inescapable for the mere fact that everyone wears…
Design, Interviews, Scout & Trends
HELENE STEINER, manipulating the natural world
At this particular moment, Helene Steiner is the CCO of Cell-Free Technology, a company that makes biocomputers capable of sequencing and analyzing DNA, which she…
XXII Milano Triennale: Broken Nature: Design Takes on Human Survival
Starting on the 1st of March 2019 and concluding six months later on the 1st of September, the Triennale di Milano museum will be…
Biofabricate, Design, Interviews, Series
RICHARD BECKETT, challenging the aesthetics of human structures and objects
Richard Beckett is a London-based architect and designer, and co-founder of BiotA Lab and Syn.De.Bio (Synthetic Design Biotopes) where his creativity has nourished with…
Open Cell, Reinventing the lab in Shepherd’s Bush
Open Cell is a new collaborative space for bio designers in Shepherd’s Bush London. Aiming to support the London ecosystem of designers and scientists…
Biofabricate, Design, Interviews
LIZ CIOKAJLO, Caskia / Growing a Mars Boot
During the Gemini IX-A manned spaceflight in 1966, Eugene Cernan performed one of the first extravehicular activities (EVA), or spacewalks. As part of an…
Biofabricate, Design, Interviews, Series
SUZANNE LEE, pioneering the world of biofabrication
Suzanne Lee needs little introduction as a pioneer in the fabrication of consumer materials from biomedia. Since the early aughts, Lee has carved herself…
ADAM PEACOCK, tackling consumer psychology through genetic design
Adam Peacock wears many hats. At times an architect, at others a furniture and car designer, and yet still an editor and marketing guru. His…
BIOFABRICATE 2017: The Day After
The Biofabricate summit returned for its fourth iteration this December. The annual summit brings together global leaders in the fields of design, biology, and technology…
Launch: Parley for the Oceans Defense Fund
Humans produce almost 300 million tons of plastic each year, but 99% of the plastic that should be floating in the world’s oceans is…
Design, Interviews, Scout & Trends
AIWU, exploring a future society driven by technology
Ruiheng Sun, as known as AIWU, holds two BE degrees; one in Facility Agricultural Science and Engineering, and the other in Industry Design (Hohai University,…
Summit: Biofabricate Conference 2017
This week we are looking forward to coming back to Biofabricate, the annual summit on grown materials, as it comes to New Lab in…