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This book explores the growing field of bio-design through interdisciplinary creative practice. The volume illustrates a range of experimental working techniques while offering a foundational understanding of lab practice principles. The book highlights the myriad of opportunities presented by microorganisms that have reshaped the planet and made it habitable.The book provides an account of the creation of living materials from the point of view of an architectural design practitioner. The transition from traditional design practice to laboratory investigation is captured, highlighting strategies of creating partnerships across a range of fields. The book demonstrates laboratory methods and ways of investigating the development of living materials and celebrates the growing body of practitioners, scientists, activists and anthropologists who are reimagining new strategies for addressing contemporary environmental challenges.Designer's Guide to Lab Practice looks at ways in which integrating living components with needs of their own would not only help offset the environmental impact that we have on our planet but could also create a closer relationship with nature. It is a working manual as well as a guide to emerging practitioners seeking to transition into a field that is yet to be defined and that offers the promise of a new era of human habitat making as a direct response to the looming ecological crisis.

This book explores the growing field of bio-design through interdisciplinary creative practice. The volume illustrates a range of experimental working techniques while offering a foundational understanding of lab practice principles. The book highlights the myriad of opportunities presented by microorganisms that have reshaped the planet and made it habitable.The book provides an account of the creation of living materials from the point of view of an architectural design practitioner. The transition from traditional design practice to laboratory investigation is captured, highlighting strategies of creating partnerships across a range of fields. The book demonstrates laboratory methods and ways of investigating the development of living materials and celebrates the growing body of practitioners, scientists, activists and anthropologists who are reimagining new strategies for addressing contemporary environmental challenges.Designer's Guide to Lab Practice looks at ways in which integrating living components with needs of their own would not only help offset the environmental impact that we have on our planet but could also create a closer relationship with nature. It is a working manual as well as a guide to emerging practitioners seeking to transition into a field that is yet to be defined and that offers the promise of a new era of human habitat making as a direct response to the looming ecological crisis.

A silent, sprawling web, mycelium permeates the soil beneath our feet, anchoring the world with stubborn resilience. It is now entering design, architecture, and our built environments with the promise of a new regenerative and grown aesthetic.This book brings together artists, designers, architects, and thinkers who are discovering new ways of working with this living organism. It is an exploration of negotiations, experimentation, and craft as we re-imagine the designer's role and material agency. This book looks at ways of revitalizing damaged ecologies across scales and offers new ways of making for a world beyond extraction.The practices featured in this book are those of care, exemplifying ways to reconnect with our humanity through metabolism and decomposition while serving needs beyond our own.

A silent, sprawling web, mycelium permeates the soil beneath our feet, anchoring the world with stubborn resilience. It is now entering design, architecture, and our built environments with the promise of a new regenerative and grown aesthetic.This book brings together artists, designers, architects, and thinkers who are discovering new ways of working with this living organism. It is an exploration of negotiations, experimentation, and craft as we re-imagine the designer's role and material agency. This book looks at ways of revitalizing damaged ecologies across scales and offers new ways of making for a world beyond extraction.The practices featured in this book are those of care, exemplifying ways to reconnect with our humanity through metabolism and decomposition while serving needs beyond our own.