*To judge by the caliber of these desi-fi bio-engineering videos, that show must have been terrific.
http://thisisalive.com/living-room/
"IMAGINE A WORLD WHERE BIOLOGICAL FABRICATION REPLACES TRADITIONAL MANUFACTURE, PLANTS THAT GROW PRODUCTS, AND BACTERIA GENETICALLY RE-PROGRAMMED TO 'BIOFACTURE' NEW MATERIALS, ARTEFACTS, ENERGY OR MEDICINE.
"This world is happening right now. Today, designers and artists have begun to either embrace or rebel against this bioengineered world and as a result, new design directions are beginning to emerge. The exhibition En Vie – Alive, presents a new design landscape, where fragments of a possible programmable ‘synthetic’ future are confronted with ‘natural’ alternative design perspectives. The quest for a different kind of ecological design models underpins the selection of projects, which range from potential sustainable solutions, to poetic interpretations and extreme provocations.
"Created and imagined by leading designers, architects and artists, the work showcased here is decidedly different. These designers create and unravel a future hybrid world, where our everyday products and manufacturing tools will be 'alive'."
2’50 / Carole Collet, 2012
" 'BioLace' is a speculative design-led research project that investigates the intersection of
synthetic biology and design to propose future fabrication processes for food and textiles. The
motivation behind this research lies in the hypothesis that living technology can foster a new
approach to address some of the key sustainable challenges of the 21st century."
