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Films & Videos

Design at the intersection of technology and biology
Designer and architect Neri Oxman is leading the search for ways in which digital fabrication technologies can interact with the biological world. Working at the intersection of computational design, additive manufacturing, materials engineering and synthetic biology, her lab is pioneering a new age of symbiosis between microorganisms, our bodies, our products and even our buildings.

Why "biofabrication" is the next industrial revolution
What if we could "grow" clothes from microbes, furniture from living organisms and buildings with exteriors like tree bark? TED Fellow Suzanne Lee shares exciting developments from the field of biofabrication and shows how it could help us replace major sources of waste, like plastic and cement, with sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives.
Fashion’s Fourth Industrial Revolution
BoF and fashion industry leaders explore how brands from distant markets break into the global marketplace at the VOICES New York event supported by QIC Global Real Estate in June 2016

Books & Reports

Radical Matter by Kate Franklin; Caroline Till
ISBN: 9780500519622
Publication Date: 2018-04-17
Why Materials Matter by Seetal Solanki; Liz Corbin (Foreword by)
ISBN: 9783791384719
Publication Date: 2018-11-06

Material Designers: Boosting Talent Towards Circular Economies
MaDe Book provides a better understanding on how materials design can contribute to attain a more circular economy. It contains a compilation of expert articles and short interviews, a glossary of concepts, original resources, detailed finalists and winners’ projects and the full directory of material designers.

Neri Oxman: Mediated Matter by Paola Antonelli; Neri Oxman; Jennifer Dunlop Fletcher; Joi Ito; Heather Davis
ISBN: 9781633451056
Publication Date: 2020-04-21

Understanding ‘Bio’ Material Innovations: A Primer for the Fashion Industry
This report provides the first comprehensive review of biomaterial technologies for fashion. By collating key learnings and insights from leading industry experts from both biotech and fashion, the report serves as a unifying and foundational reference for change and innovation across the supply chain.

Designing with Smart Textiles by Sarah Kettley
ISBN: 9781472569158
Publication Date: 2016-07-14
Designing with Smart Textiles introduces terminology and key applications and goes on to examine the key design processes needed to develop interactive textile design concepts, with detailed projects and examples to help you apply these approaches in your own practice.

Case studies and interviews with innovative designers introduce you to different artistic and technological practices, and demonstrate how world-leading researchers are creating new technologies, yarns, fabrics, and applications.
Techno Textiles 2 by Clarke Sarah Braddock; Marie Omahony
ISBN: 9780500512456
Publication Date: 2006-03-17
3D Printing for Artists, Designers and Makers by Stephen Hoskins
ISBN: 9781474248679
Publication Date: 2018-02-08
Covering a broad range of applied art practice – from fine art and furniture-design to film-making – Stephen Hoskins introduces some of his groundbreaking research from the Centre for Fine Print Research along with an updated history of 3D print technology, a new chapter on fashion and animation, and new case studies featuring artists working with metal, plastic, ceramic and other materials.

Websites & Resources

Material District
MaterialDistrict is the world’s leading match-making platform in the field of innovative materials. MaterialDistrict’s value as a high-end materials inspiration source is clear: R&D and design professionals of all industries are using our platform to discover new material solutions. Daily via MaterialDistrict.com, annually at MaterialDistrict Utrecht and periodically throughout the year with traveling MaterialDistrict Expo, MaterialDistrict Talks, and MaterialDistrict Pop-Up events.
WAAG Futurelab
Technology is not neutral. Waag reinforces critical reflection on technology, develops technological and social design skills, and encourages social innovation.

Waag works in a trans-disciplinary team of designers, artists and scientists, utilising public research methods in the realms of technology and society. This is how Waag empowers as many people as possible to design an open, honest and inclusive future.
Material Source
Material Source is a destination for interior designers, architects and makers exploring a wealth of materials, products, and finished projects both online, and offline, at our Studio in Manchester.
Materiom
With open data and AI, Materiom empowers scientists, material developers, and brands to accelerate R&D and drive massive market entry.
Material Experience Labs
Material is a Medium. It communicates ideas, beliefs, approaches: compels us to think, feel and act in certain ways; enables and enhances functionality and utility. Materials Experience emphasises this role of materials as being simultaneously technical and experiential.
Future Materials Bank
The Future Materials Bank is an archive of materials that supports and promotes the transition towards ecologically conscious art and design practices. By collecting information and samples from makers around the world, the archive aims to inspire research and disseminate knowledge about sustainable materials. The collection of the Bank is continuously growing, offering insights into the ways in which the concept of sustainability evolves in the fields of art and design.