Name: Design at the intersection of technology and biology
Uploaded: 2015-10-07T15:00:00Z
Duration: 17 min 22 s
Description: 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.

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.

Neri Oxman: Design at the intersection of technology and biology

Design at the intersection of technology and biology

Bridging design and biology, creations emerge from chitin to 3D-printed wearables, hinting at a future where architecture breathes life.

In a merger of ancient material and synthetic biology, structures transform from shrimp shells to life-sustaining architectures.

Silkworms on robotic silk scaffoldings unveil a symbiotic design future, where tension and compression dance in material ecology.