HOW TO BIODESIGN AUDIO RECAP

How to Biodesign #29: Yeast, circular micro-factories

Yeasts are part of the fungi kingdom. The first yeast originated hundreds of millions of years ago, and as of today we know at least 1,500 species. How can we adapt the m

How to Biodesign #28: Breaking down fibers with enzymes

Natural fibers will replace many synthetic materials and bioneers throughout the Netherlands are looking for methods to separate lignin and cellulose. By using enzymes, m

How to Biodesign #27: Bio binders and coatings

Biomaterials like mycelium and kombucha leather are often not water-resistant and therefore need a coating. Biopolymers like beeswax or natural rubbers provide solutions,

How to Biodesign #26: Natural cosmetics

Traditional cosmetics can be harmful for nature and your skin. Natural cosmetics are an alternative that uses ingredients available in nature. But it can even go further

How to Biodesign #25 Open source biolab equipment & recipes

Lab equipment is often expensive and there's already a lot of machines out there that, with a little modification, can perform the function needed to support your experim

How to Biodesign #24: Using invasive species as a resource

🦞An invasive species is an introduced organism that becomes overpopulated and negatively alters its new environment. Although their ability to multiply quickly is often s

How to Biodesign #23: CO2 absorbing materials

🌿 CO2 absorbing materials: a claim that more and more producers connect to their product. Most of the time this refers to a product’s entire life cycle, but can it also b

How to Biodesign #22: Insulation solutions from nature

🌿 For the insulation of our houses, natural materials are often forced to have exactly the same properties as the fossil variant. However, old crafts and new materials of

How to Biodesign #21: Permaculture and other Regenerative Design Methods.

☀️During this meetup we will talked about what it means to have a regenerative mindset towards design and what that entails. And we will looked at Permaculture as the bas

How to Biodesign #20: Harvesting solar energy with living materials

☀️When focussing on solar energy, we can list the possibilities from nature. How do bioneers use these possibilities in their designs and how to tackle challenges like du

How to Biodesign #19: Coral restoration as biodesign challenge

🐠Biodiversity loss asks for drastic solutions… or should we just leave nature alone again for some healthy rewilding – and is that even possible nowadays with so many peo

How to Biodesign #18: Fantastic Fungi - Factories of the future

🌿Fungi can provide solutions where plants cannot: Like sustainable pigments, packaging and construction materials. Yet how can we work with these solutions when a large p

How to Biodesign #17: Polycultures for biodiversity.

🌿How do we strengthen existing ecosystems through diversity, in the lab and on the streets? An interesting trend from last year’s How To Biodesign meetups was that many b

How to Biodesign #16: Vegan leather, local-for-local?

👜The product many biodesigners all over the world are working on is a replacement for animal leather. This conversation is about how choices are made in these new product

How To Biodesign #15: Living coatings for biomaterials

Biomaterials like mycelium and kombucha leather are oftentimes not water resistant and therefore need a coating. Biopolymers like beeswax or natural rubbers provide solut

HOW TO BIODESIGN #14 Green chemistry: the role of enzymes.

By using enzymes, many polluting catalytic processes can be replaced. How can cell technology be used to make new materials? Can we use enzymes as one of the building blo

How To Biodesign #13: Metabolism of the city

The city as a living organism is a metaphor that is far from the truth in our cities. Biodiversity is a grant topic, yet how can we bring nature back when there is so lit

How To Biodesign #12 Growing mycelium in and outside a bioreactor

Fungi are the future, yet there are different cultivation methods. It matters where you get your fungus from, what kind of bioreactor you use, and if you work with a wild

How to Biodesign #11: Wood as biocircular building material

How can we grow wood to build our wooden skyscrapers that have grown in a nature-enhancing way without damaging communities or ecosystems? Lets find out with: Architect M