BIOfutures Series II
Following on from the inaugural BIOfutures series, which aired in 2022 and explored biomaterials, biodesign, and biotechnology for the built environment, the second series ran earlier this year and focused on the body, health, and wellbeing.
Hosted by our founder Melissa Sterry, BIOfutures series II featured a stellar line-up of seminal figures in the field, including award-winning designer and researcher Charlotte McCurdy, whose work, which has featured in The New York Times, CNN, Wallpaper, and Vogue, among many others, sits at the intersection of emerging technology, futures, and existential threats; Aniela Hoitink, founder and CEO of NEFFA - the only 3D manufacturing method for allowing seamless and custom products grown from home compostable mushroom roots and other biomaterials; and of biomaterials pioneer MycoTEX; Surzhana Radnaeva, founder of Traditional Futures; Carole Collet, Professor in Design for Sustainable Futures and Director of Maison/0, and co-director of the Design & Living Systems Lab Research Group at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts, London; Piero D’Angelo, fashion and textile designer exploring a future where biotechnology plays a primary role in fashion by influencing not only its aesthetic, but also the way we create garments, including new techniques, materials and silhouettes; Hannah Hansell, artist and researcher interested in the socio-cultural and moral impacts of biotechnology in the fashion and textile industry and future of textile production in the context of biodesign; Veronica Ranner, transdisciplinary artist and designer, who is currently an Assistant Professor at Nanyang Technological University, School of Art, Design and Media (NTU ADM) in Singapore, and founder of the Polyphonic Futures Lab, which explores entanglements between posthumanism, design, science, and ecology through biodesign, biofabrication, and regenerative design practices; Paige Perillat-Piratoine, cofounder and business development lead at Electric Skin; and Rosie Broadhead, textile designer and researcher specialising in biomaterials for fashion industry applications, and founder of material innovation platform SKIN SERIES, and textile scientist at Ghent University.
As in the first series, the second explored the visions, insights, hopes, dreams, and concerns of this thought-leading collective whose work is shaping our BIOfutures. Initially aired on Instagram IG Livestream, it can be watched here.