Abstract
Integrating biodesign processes to explore the potential of biomaterials for novel and sustainable design alternatives for the fashion industry has become an increasingly growing field. Several biodesign methods are used for designing and manufacturing processes either for creating textile surfaces or textile dyeing. Textile surfaces from mycelium and bacterial cellulose are most common types of living systems that are used in the co-creation -design by growth- process of biodesign practices. Textile surfaces act as a second skin and embodies human form and design. What if we could transfer such knowledge from other living systems? Would that challenge our understanding of textiles and reinforce a new dialogue between nature and fashion? This paper tries to find answers to these questions as it presents two biodesign experiments to provide tools for developing bio-based textile materials and surfaces. Methods and processes used for creating these experimental textile materials were based on material behavior and the opportunities and challenges of biomaterials for construction and decomposing properties of textile surfaces. The aim was to imagine a more simplified alternative to high-tech or lab grown methods to produce bio-based textile materials and surfaces. Methods used for material experiments were bio fabrication and crafting. Biofabrication experiment focused on the sustainability aspect of materials, where low-tech production and composting was the main concern. Crafting with organic matter was the second experiment, and the aim was to exclude all biodesign methods and focus on the aesthetics of organic matter to create an interplay of texture, structure and color.
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Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
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Biodesign, Bio-materials, Organic Matter, Textile
