#biodesign

[milkweedwacker]

Macro images of Shelly 005 taken on 03/03/2025

On the bright side, I have figured out a way to mimic the look of a lightbox with my iPad by just pulling up a screen-sized white image and setting the display refresh to Never.

It makes Shelly's color pop sooo much more and the contrast between herself and the background is eons from where it was last time. I also am starting to get the hang of the photography I'm trying to do; it's really frustrating at times but when it looks good it looks exactly how I want it to.

I also talked to a photographer friend of mine whose artistic opinion I really trust and we both agreed that there is actually something special about the photos with the black frame. It was totally an accident that came from 3D printing the wrong mod for my camera, and at first I was worried that it would look like a mistake, but now it totally looks more like you are seeing her underneath a microscope and I think it's more dynamic and engaging than the rectangular framing.

[fwftf]

Using mycelium to create a self-healing wearable leather-like material

A pair of biotechnologists at Newcastle University, working with a colleague from Northumbria University, all in the U.K., have developed a way to use mycelium to create a self-healing wearable material. In their paper published in the journal Advanced Functional Materials, Elise Elsacker, Martyn Dade-Robertson and Meng Zhang, describe their process and how well it worked when tested. Mycelium is…

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[intersection-of-art-and-science]

Computational design on the Biorock Pavilion:

Biomimicry has positive impact on planet says architect Michael Pawlyn

Exploration Architecture founder Michael Pawlyn speaks to Dezeen about biomimicry as part of our Design for Life collaboration with Dassault

Excerpt from Dezeen article:

The Biorock Pavilion is a concept for an amphitheatre-like event space that could be grown underwater. The form of the building is based on that of a seashell, as well as mathematical forms.

The basis of the pavilion would be a skeletal structure comprised of a network of very thin steel rods, which would be immersed in a solution of minerals.

It would be grown by electrodeposition of minerals

An electric current would then be run through the steel skeleton, allowing the remainder of the pavilion to be 'grown' as the minerals calcify atop the base structure.

"It takes those minerals out of the seawater and produces a structure similar to reinforced concrete," stated Pawlyn. "This uses an absolute minimum of material to grow a whole building."

[anitosoul]

feverfew

(via Tanacetum parthenium - Wikipedia)

[stevebattle]

"Flag Leader" and "Flag Robots” by Luigi Colani (1985), Expo’85 Fuyo Robot Theater, Tsukuba, Japan. The flag robots form a robot procession in the Fuyo Robot Theater at the Science Expo in Tsukuba, 1985. The 'Flag Leader' heads the procession, holding and twirling a pair of red batons. Its body bears the logo, "Robot Fantasy 2001", the title of the show. This is closely followed by a team of 'Flag robots', each one waving its actuated flagpole to the music. All robotic performances in the "Fuyo Robot Theater" are fully automated – creating an amazing show – and they automatically return to their dugout when they've finished. “Robots are machines created by science and technology, but they can still become man's friends. The aim is to demonstrate how advanced science and technology becomes, it must always be to the benefit and enrichment of mankind. The Fuyō Robot Theater will make you think about this by introducing you to some jolly robots.” – Tomorrow's Science For the Enrichment of Mankind, Fuyō group.

[upmala]

Biodegradable mycelium urn with fir sapling, by Loop Biotech. (at Dutch Design Week 2023)

[ourlo22]

biodesign scans

prep for mirror restoration

[zenaholloway]

Thank you @fiberartnow for putting my grass root dress on the cover. 🥳 blown away 🌱 #grownfromseed #sustainablefashion #consciousfashion #fashionrevolution #futureoffashion #slowfashion #slowfashionmovement #responsiblefashion #fashionrev #greenfashion #passioncouture #wearables #whomademyclothes #biodesign #biotechnology (at Hampton Hill, London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjYVQw-oDVR/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=