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The Biological Imagination

The Biological Imagination

How AI Is Quietly Rewriting What Designers Believe Is Possible

Dec 7, 2025

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8 min read

Wild Grammar of Life: From Forest Genes to Regenerative Machines

Wild Grammar of Life: From Forest Genes to Regenerative Machines

What's been brewing this week?

Aug 14, 2025

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5 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

SCOBY Biodesign Idea Generator

SCOBY Biodesign Idea Generator

An AI Prompt Toolkit for Biodesign Academy Foundational Tier

LockSimple

Jul 7, 2025

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8 min read

Living Light: Can We Program Bioluminescent Algae?

Living Light: Can We Program Bioluminescent Algae?

Harnessing microbial glow for programmable light systems

LockSimple

Jun 22, 2025

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6 min read

Microbial Oasis: Architecture for Microorganisms

Microbial Oasis: Architecture for Microorganisms

Interview with Shijia Huang for Dutch Design Week 2024

Oct 24, 2024

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8 min read

Designing for Survival of the Safest

Designing for Survival of the Safest

Synthetic DNA and Machine Learning are Shaping Evolution of Electric Vehicles

Oct 23, 2024

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12 min read

Weaving the Future: Reimagining Czech Wool Through Design and Collaboration

Weaving the Future: Reimagining Czech Wool Through Design and Collaboration

Interview with Linda Kaplanová on VLNA’s Approach to Local Wool, Interdisciplinary Collaboration, and Sustainability

Oct 17, 2024

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14 min read

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