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Locating the carrier: what a living material asks of you

Locating the carrier: what a living material asks of you

A framework for designing with living and biological materials. Name the property you care about, find what actually carries it, and you'll know what the material asks of you: to keep it, preserve it, or tend it.

Jul 21, 2026

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9 min read

Who Is Really Working in the Lab?

Who Is Really Working in the Lab?

Yuning Chen on labour, ethics, and the hidden ecologies of biodesign

Feb 3, 2026

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12 min read

Before you build: instant safety briefs for biodesign projects

Before you build: instant safety briefs for biodesign projects

A Co-Pilot for safer biodesign

Oct 5, 2025

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6 min read

From Lab Bench to DOI

From Lab Bench to DOI

A guide for biodesigners to share data, code, and workshop materials in a citable way.

Sep 28, 2025

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10 min read

AnonBio Deep Dive: Building Anonymization for Biodesign

AnonBio Deep Dive: Building Anonymization for Biodesign

Complete annotated source code + customization guide

LockSimple

Sep 2, 2025

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12 min read

AnonBio: Anonymizing Biodesign Ideas

AnonBio: Anonymizing Biodesign Ideas

Finally, share and get feedback on biodesign ideas without the fear

Aug 30, 2025

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10 min read

Early release: the first accessibility study of protein design tools

Early release: the first accessibility study of protein design tools

Foundational Tier Members Only

Aug 25, 2025

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4 min read

Beyond Silicon: How a Living Thermostat Re-imagines Smart Design

Beyond Silicon: How a Living Thermostat Re-imagines Smart Design

Jasper Scheffer's fungal thermostat proposes intelligence through growth and care, not data

Aug 7, 2025

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5 min read

AI Is Changing How We Make Bio-Materials

AI Is Changing How We Make Bio-Materials

And Why Biodesigners Should Care

Aug 3, 2025

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9 min read

The Enzyme Whisperers

The Enzyme Whisperers

AI that reads sequences like fortune tellers read palms (and actually gets the predictions right)

Jul 29, 2025

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9 min read

Vibe Coding to Protein Shortlist

Vibe Coding to Protein Shortlist

A Creative Biodesign Workflow

LockSimple

Jul 20, 2025

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5 min read

From Observer to Designer: A Complete Toolkit for Slime Mold Biodesign

From Observer to Designer: A Complete Toolkit for Slime Mold Biodesign

Transforming Physarum polycephalum from scientific curiosity to design medium

LockSimple

Jul 15, 2025

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9 min read

When Your AI Makes "Mistakes" That Are Actually Helpful

When Your AI Makes "Mistakes" That Are Actually Helpful

Introducing AlphaFaults as Biodesign Methodology

LockSimple

Jun 30, 2025

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6 min read

The Glow Within: On Sharing Work Before the World Grows Cold

The Glow Within: On Sharing Work Before the World Grows Cold

What's been brewing this week?

Jun 18, 2025

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6 min read

Of Papers, Portfolios, and Promising Futures

Of Papers, Portfolios, and Promising Futures

What’s been brewing this week?

May 21, 2025

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7 min read

Where Biology Meets the Feed

Where Biology Meets the Feed

Reclaiming protein and tuning into the underground signals

May 13, 2025

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7 min read

How to Find Biotech Papers (for Designers)

How to Find Biotech Papers (for Designers)

Using a creative lens to score, scan, and sketch from science

LockSimple

May 12, 2025

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10 min read

Decode Biotech Papers, Vote Bio+AI Workshop, Explore Cultural Memory

Decode Biotech Papers, Vote Bio+AI Workshop, Explore Cultural Memory

Learn how to navigate biotech research, help shape our next workshop, and dive into a new biodesign conversation.

Apr 29, 2025

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3 min read

Biodesigners' Guide to Reading Biotech Papers

Biodesigners' Guide to Reading Biotech Papers

How to separate design-relevant insights from technical noise

Apr 29, 2025

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12 min read

When Kombucha Go Electronic

When Kombucha Go Electronic

Conversation with Vivien Roussel on BioHybrid Devices and Grown Technology

Oct 28, 2024

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9 min read

Canvassing in Biodesign

Canvassing in Biodesign

How Choosing the Right Canvas Can Elevate Design Outcomes

Sep 27, 2024

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13 min read

Made to Look Alive

Made to Look Alive

Surfacing Livingness as Design Strategy for Biodesigners

Sep 20, 2024

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13 min read

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