{"id":33,"date":"2020-11-08T12:56:36","date_gmt":"2020-11-08T09:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alivetextiles.com\/?post_type=timeline&p=33"},"modified":"2021-03-23T13:58:45","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T10:58:45","slug":"labs-future-interiors-meetup-2","status":"publish","type":"timeline","link":"https:\/\/www.alivetextiles.com\/timeline\/labs-future-interiors-meetup-2\/","title":{"rendered":"LABS: Future Interiors Meetup #2"},"content":{"rendered":"
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During our second meetup on 10 September we talked about how the current crisis can become a catalyst for sustainable innovation in bio-design. Moderator Jeroen Junte, initiator of DesignDigger, spoke to behavioural economist Eva van den Broek (Behavioural Insights Foundation), material matchmaker Els Zijlstra (Material MatchMaker), researcher Iza Awad (VU Amsterdam) and Anna Sitnikova (Studio Samira Boon). In addition, Studio Samira Boon organised a virtual tour through its future interiors.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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The project LABS: Future Interiors<\/a> conducts research on bacteria grown textiles as 100 percent biodegradable interior elements and as substrate for vegetation, interacting with airborne bacteria while altering and directing the airflow within public spaces. Currently, we are living in a \u2018new world\u2019 where we get to experience the dramatic influence that the smallest, unseen particles can have on our lives, economy and context. Following today\u2019s news and virus trends we discover micro as the new macro. Interaction with the micro worlds becomes a part of our consciousness, demanding for new behaviours and ethics.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The material we\u2019re developing, KOMBUTEX, deals with those topics as future symbiotic interior species. It is a culture of bacteria and yeast. During this second symposium in a series of three, we will explore the strategies on how to best tell stories of new alive materials and how to evolve and adapt them to the current and future needs. The invited trendsetting, product psychology and innovation experts will start a productive conversation on the following questions:<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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