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  • Biofilm developed to power wearable electronics with sweat

    University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers have invented a biofilm that sticks to the skin like a Band-Aid to harnesses sweat for electricity that could power wearable devices. More

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 16 August 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Studio Lionne van Deursen exhibits material created by microorganisms at Milan Design Week

    Material research firm Studio Lionne van Deursen has showcased its Unfold designs, made from a material created by bacteria, as part of the Isola Design District exhibition at Milan Design Week. More

    Katie Last | 7 July 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Public School creates "backyard compostable" sneaker from kombucha waste

    New York streetwear label Public School has collaborated with material scientist Theanne Schiros to create a pair of biofabricated trainers using a leather alternative grown by microbes. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 10 March 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Imperfect Perfection lighting range is made using bacteria

    Studio Lionne van Deursen is presenting a material research project and lighting range made using bacteria for VDF x Ventura Projects. More

    Lizzie Crook | 28 April 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Teresa van Dongen's Mud Well light uses microorganisms to create electricity

    Bacteria from a boggy World War Two bomb crater generate kaleidoscopic light forms inside this telescope-like tube by Dutch designer Teresa van Dongen.

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    Rima Sabina Aouf | 3 August 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Rosie Broadhead weaves bacteria into clothing fibres to create a second skin

    Central Saint Martins graduate Rosie Broadhead has integrated live bacteria into the fibres of clothing that reduces body odour, encourages cell renewal and improves the immune system, when activated by sweat. More

    Natashah Hitti | 23 July 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Teresa van Dongen's Electric Life installation uses living bacteria to generate electricity

    Dutch designer Teresa van Dongen has developed a sustainable light source from living organisms that require regular nourishment in return for electricity. More

    Natashah Hitti | 21 February 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Jan Klingler's Bacteria lamps are "modern fossils" as well as lights

    Bacteria cultures grown on resin plates decorated these LED lamps by designer Jan Klingler, on show as part of the Young Swedish Design exhibition at ArkDes in Stockholm. More

    Augusta Pownall | 17 February 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Architect proposes Mars Utopia towers to terraform red planet into breathable environment

    Spanish architect Alberto Villanueva's Mars Utopia concept would see the planet transformed into an inhabitable environment using towers formed by bacteria (+ slideshow). More

    Emma Tucker | 6 January 2016 | 20 comments
  • MIT Media Lab's BioLogic material opens and closes in response to humidity

    Teams from MIT Media Lab and the Royal College of Art have used bacteria to design a "bio-skin" fabric that peels back in reaction to sweat and humidity (+ slideshow). More

    Emma Tucker | 4 November 2015 | Leave a comment
  • Today we like: design using bacteria

    Designer Ori Elisar has developed a bacterial ink and grown typographical symbols in a petri dish. Here are more stories featuring microbes, including a lamp powered by glowing octopus bacteria (pictured), clothes grown from single-cell organisms and cheese made from the sweat and tears of celebrities.

    See all our stories about design using bacteria »

    Marcus Fairs | 14 September 2015 | Leave a comment
  • Ori Elisar grows typography in a lab using bacteria-filled petri dishes

    Jerusalem designer Ori Elisar has used a bacteria-based ink to grow a Hebrew alphabet in the lab for his Living Language type experiment. More

    Emma Tucker | 14 September 2015 | 1 comment
  • Nanocellulose Fibreboard is an all-natural replacement for MDF and moulded plastic

    Graduate shows 2015: Royal College of Art graduate YunTing Lin has created a new material from plant fibres and naturally fermented cellulose, and used it to form a storage system and speakers (+ slideshow). More

    Katie Treggiden | 2 July 2015 | Leave a comment
  • Neri Oxman 3D prints "photosynthetic wearable" to host living organisms

    Designer and researcher Neri Oxman has successfully 3D-printed one of her "wearable skins" and filled its hollow tubes with a bacterial luminescent liquid to represent how it could host photosynthetic organisms (+ slideshow). More

    Dan Howarth | 1 June 2015 | 4 comments
  • Growduce "micro-factory" concept would allow users to grow their own products

    A biologist and a designer are developing a bacteria and yeast "micro-factory" that could one day enable consumers to grow their own products at home (+ slideshow). More

    Katie Treggiden | 4 May 2015 | 2 comments
  • Rotten food becomes palatable in human-hyena synthetic biology scenario

    Royal College of Art student Paul Gong has imagined how synthetic biology could be used to modify the human body so it can consume and digest rotten food. More

    Dan Howarth | 10 February 2015 | 23 comments
  • Teresa van Dongen's bioluminescent lamp is "a new way to create light"

    Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: Dutch designer Teresa van Dongen explains how she created a lamp powered by bioluminescent bacteria usually found on octopuses, in this movie filmed in Eindhoven. More

    Benedict Hobson | 2 January 2015 | 6 comments
  • Bioluminescent lamp by Teresa van Dongen glows blue with octopus bacteria

    Dutch designer Teresa van Dongen has filled a glass tube with octopus bacteria to create a zero-electricity lamp that glows blue when disturbed (+ movie). More

    Amy Frearson | 26 September 2014 | 6 comments
  • Bacteria produces textiles for Skin body adornments by Sammy Jobbins Wells

    Designer Sammy Jobbins Wells has stretched material made by bacteria over structural frames to create a set of wearable objects (+ slideshow). More

    Dan Howarth | 12 August 2014 | 4 comments
  • Glowing trees could be used "instead of street lighting" says Daan Roosegaarde

    Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde is exploring ways of using bio-luminescent bacteria found in jellyfish and mushrooms to create glow-in-the-dark trees that could replace street lights. More

    James Pallister | 24 March 2014 | 26 comments
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