This is a selection of biomaterial resources that we found worth sharing. This list will be particularly helpful to those who are starting biomaterial research and those who are looking to broaden their perspectives in biomaterial research. This is a growing list and changes over time. If you have any suggestions for the list, please submit this form.
Cookbooks and Recipes
Bioplastic Cookbook, Margaret Dunne, 2018
The Secrets of Bioplastic, Clara Davis, 2017
Green Tea Bioplastics, Fab Lab BCN, 2022
Chemarts Cookbook, Aalto University, 2020
Gelatin bioplastic recipe, RISD Nature Lab, 2019
Bioplastics from Gelatin, Materiability Research Group
Bioplastic Cookbook for Ritual Healing, Tiare Ribeaux
Bio-yarn recipe, Instructables
Dinosaur Fossil From Eggshells, Instructables
Educational Resources
Research Labs
Living Matter Lab, CU Boulder
Nature Lab, RISD
Biodesign Makerspace, RISD
Healthy Materials Lab, Parsons
Design Studios
Researchers/Artists/Designers
Books and Articles
Green Plastics: An Introduction to the New Science of Biodegradable Plastics, E. S. Stevens, 2002
Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things, William McDonough and Michael Braungart
Made to Measure: New Materials for the 21st Century, Philip Ball, 1997
Crafting Bioplastics: Materially Reconfiguring Everyday Food Practices, University of Southern Denmark, 2019
Pudica: A Framework for Designing Augmented Human-Flora Interaction, MIT Media Lab, 2022
Kombucha Leather, Bioplastic, and Mycelium Lesson Plan, RISD Nature Lab
What is Mushroom Leather?, Watson and Wolfe
IT’S TRENDING: The Mushroom Universe, Guilia Moschen, 2020
Eating with Your Eyes: The Chemistry of Food Colorings, Brian Rohrig, 2015
Sustainability Materiality Matrices Explained, NYU Stern, 2019
Biofabricating Materials Class, Cecilia Raspanti and resources
Biohybrid Devices: Prototyping Interactive Devices with Growable Materials, HCI Lab at Saarland University, 2023
Exploring Biofoams as Material for Tangible Interaction, ATLAS Institute at CU Boulder
Bioplastic Handbook: Chemical Structure Formula, Qi Ying Kwong
Recipes for Material Activism, Miriam Ribul
The Plastic Lab, Maria Berg-Leirvag
BIOmatters, Hannah Hansell
Bioplastic Experiments, Zalan Szakacs
Biomateria Biotextile Craft, Whitefeather Hunter
Food For Thought, BodyBioSoft Lab
Inspirations
Vegetable Paper Craft, Jennifer Shin, 2023
10 Bioplastic Projects, August Pownall, 2018
Abstract: The Art of Design, Neri Oxman, 2017
Prototyping Soft Devices with Interactive Bioplastics, HCI Lab at Saarland University
BioArt from Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)
SEAmpathy, Daniel Elkayam
Tandon Sustainable Engineering Initiative
Digital Fabrication Biotextile
Suppliers
Delvie’s Recycled Acrylic Sheets
Opportunities and Gatherings
iGEM, Synthetic Biology Jamboree
Bio Art and Design (BAD) Award
Biofabricate, Paris