LAURA DAZA, alchemic techniques and natural materials to manufacture pigments
Laura Daza is not only a designer and an artist but also a colour hunter and maker. Colombian-born but living and working in London I…
EFFIE KOUKIA, blurring the boundaries between art, health and edible products
Many everyday products —plastics, inks, vaseline or cosmetics— are made of petroleum, a fossil made up of refined crude oil which has a negative…
BRANDON BALLENGÉE, how humans co-exist with nature and alter the ecosystem
Amphibians, birds, environmental catastrophes, ecological destruction, extinct species and overfishing, are some of the themes that define the creative universe of Brandon Ballengée. With…
Design, Interviews, Scout & Trends
ELLA BULLEY, transforming raw materials into crafted artefacts
Saccharum officinarum (sugarcane) is a perennial grass cultivated to produce sugar and other raw materials. Most of us when we see the sugarcane think of…
Design, Interviews, Scout & Trends
YAEL LEVIN, blending mechanical elements with jewellery
Yael Levin is a jewellery designer living and working in Tel-Aviv (Israel) who uses the human body as inspiration. Yael explores materials combining forms,…
CHRISTINA AGAPAKIS, making cheese from human bacteria
Christina Agapakis —biologist and artist— explores new scenarios in order to question the relationship between humans and bacteria. Human microbes, evolutionary biology, cheese and scent are…
NICOLAS ESTRADA, blending materials, textures and stones
I met Nicolás Estrada about five years ago in Barcelona and I have since followed his work and travels closely. Nicolás is a Colombian jeweller living…
SOOMI PARK, on human emotions, desires and interactions
Soomi Park is a multimedia artist based in London and Seoul who uses wearable devices and sensors to create installations focused on human emotions, desires…
Biomedia, Body Sculptures, Interviews, Key Artists
KIRA O’REILLY, human body, art, and biomedical research
Kira O’Reilly is an internationally recognised bioartist and performer who is blurring the frontiers of art, science and performance by using her body as an…
Architectures, Design, Interviews
LANZAVECCHIA+WAI, friendship and sustainable design consultancy
Designers Francesca Lanzavecchia and Hunn Wai are the founders of Lanzavecchia + Wai, a stunning creative design studio based in Pavia (Italy) and Singapore….
Biomedia, Interviews, Scout & Trends
CLAIRE MORGAN, art, living materials, taxidermy and literature
Visual artist Claire Morgan utilises taxidermy to create sculptural installations. Her surreal and fascinating universe is inhabited by botanical and zoological specimens suspended from…
SASS BROWN, cutting-edge clothing from upcycled materials
Designer, teacher, writer, lecturer, innovator and global nomad —born in Canada and raised in Montreal, New York, New Orleans, Scotland and London— Sass Brown…
Biomedia, Interviews, Key Artists
ANNA DUMITRIU, using emerging technologies and biological matter as an artistic medium
My first exposure to the creative universe of Anna Dumitriu was when I read a piece about her work in The Guardian. Her work…
Design, Interviews, Scout & Trends
JALILA ESSAÏDI, spider silk and human tissue to make bulletproof skin
Bioartist Jalila Essaïdi has always been inspired by stories. Stories about safety, vulnerability and silk spiders. Stories about using silk in combat. Stories about…
REBECCALOUISE LAW, using hundreds of suspended flowers
Every week Columbia Road in East London has transformed into a parade of flowers thanks to the Sunday flower market. Rebecca Louise Law —London-based…
RÓMULO CELDRÁN, creating a new sense of tangible reality
It was love at first sight. Oversized, hyper-realistic, delicate and sensitive are some of the words that describe the creative universe of visual artist…
Biomedia, Interviews, Key Artists
HEATHER BARNETT, art and organism intelligence
Heather Barnett is a London-based visual artist and researcher working with living systems and scientific processes turning slime mould into stunning art. By blending art…
Biomedia, Interviews, Scout & Trends
RAFAEL GÓMEZBARROS, understanding the society in which we live
My first exposure to Rafael Gómezbarros’s work (Colombia, 1972) was at the Saatchi Gallery’s show ‘Pangaea: New Art from Africa and Latin America’. Rafael was showcasing…
Biomedia, Body Sculptures, Interviews
LUCY GLENDINNING, using the human body to provoke the viewer
British artist and poet Lucy Glendinning blends the human figure, poetry, and philosophical questions to create expressive and disturbing sculptures to explore the nature of society….
Biomedia, Interviews, Scout & Trends
JAN MANSKI, exposing the absurdity of the violence
Surgery steel, apocalypse, mutilations, anatomy, subconscious, experimentation, consumerism, masturbation, pleasure, vanity and hedonism, are some of the words that describe the universe of Jan…