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…
Biofabricate, Design, Interviews
ALI SCHACHTSCHNEIDER, (re)imagining fashion through biotechnology
New York designer, artist and researcher Ali Schachtschneider is reinventing today’s fashion using biotechnology. As a resident artist and design experimenter at Genspace, the world’s…
Summit: Global Community Bio Summit
The MIT Media Lab hosted the Global Community Bio Summit this September as part of it community biotechnology initiative. The Media Lab, which has…
Digital and Material Worlds: an artistic view
‘Computing is not about computers any more. It is about living. Being digital is not just being a geek or Internet surfer…
Paper: Digital and Material Worlds: An artistic view
Last month CLOT Magazine editors gave a keynote talk at the 3rd International Conference on Biodigital Architecture & Genetics, at ESARQ (UIC Barcelona). Organized…
Biofabricate, Design, Interviews, Series
GINKGO BIOWORKS, biology by design
Synthetic biology is believed to be one of our best chances to address some of the global issues of an expanding world population such as…
Architectures, Biofabricate, Design, Interviews
DUMOLAB*, fabricating a path to sustainable product design
Architect and Bio-practitioner Laia Mogas-Soldevila is at the forefront of developing tools that incorporate biology into the fabrication process. Her research studio, DumoLab*, a…
Biofabricate, Design, Interviews, Series
JAMES CARNES, VP Strategy Creation & Lead for Open Source adidas Group
Massive hunting, fishing, agriculture, brought to scale by the industrial revolution and technological advances, have altered the environment and the atmosphere. Human beings have polluted…
BIOFABRICATE 2016: The Day After
BIOFABRICATE is the annual conference that brings together critical thinking and design to challenge both what we know and how we use materials. The…
Design, Interviews, Key Artists, Thinkers
DUNNE & RABY, using design as a tool to critique, debate, and speculate
In opposition to the narrow role of consumer-driven design in the development of existing and emerging technologies, design duo Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby…
THOUGHT COLLIDER, everything in nature has a purpose and is cyclical
A theme continuing to weave through the work of Thought Collider, the experimental critical art and design duo, Mike Thompson and Susana Cámara Leret, examines…
Design, Interviews, Scout & Trends
SARAH DAHER, sending messages through the air by releasing chemical molecules
Interdisciplinary designer Sarah Daher explores the relationships between humans, nature and technology and imagines future scenarios in which humans in which humans will engage with…
Design, Interviews, Scout & Trends
JINHEE PARK, exploring issues around our day-to-day life
Jinhee Park is a designer and artist, student from RCA Design Interactions MA, whose designs explore issues around our day-to-day life. Memory and perception are…