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A hand folds back the corner of an algae net with diamond-shaped holes.

Program

Alginate Biomaterials

Name: Alginate Biomaterials
Start: 2023-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-09-16T06:00:00.000Z
Location: Sold Out

Ended 16 Sept 2023

Sold Out

Sustainable materials and systems are urgently needed to combat climate change. For designers, the transformative possibilities of bio-based materials can offer alternatives for our future material world.

This hands-on workshop in the Material Ecologies Design Lab (MEDL) x Sydney Design Week kitchen explores alginate, a naturally occurring derivative of seaweed. The workshop will illuminate the possibilties of 3D printing by extrusion of biodegradable materials and examine the potential they offer design. MEDL researchers will lead material recipe demonstrations and each participant will have the opportunity to experiment with the material themselves.

Speaker

Nahum McLean is a designer, maker and PhD candidate with the UTS Material Ecologies Design Lab McLean has worked for some of Australia’s leading fashion houses as a drape-based designer and patternmaker. His research is responding to climate breakdown and developing novel bio-based and biodegradable materials for applications across fashion, design and architecture.