ARTISTS AND DESIGNERS

At BIOD, we collaborate with a diverse group of visionary artists and designers who explore the intersection of biology, design, and sustainability. These creators push the boundaries of material innovation, speculative futures, and ecological storytelling, shaping a world where art and science merge. Each project is a dialogue—between nature and technology, tradition and experimentation, the present and the future.

Meet the artists and designers redefining biodesign with us.

Aleksey Manukyan (ARM)

Land artist Aleksey Manukyan is a gatherer of everything that surrounds him. From feathers on the floor to dust in the corners, dried flowers in autumn, and soil from the farms, he collects all he sees in his city, Gyumri, in Armenia.
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DIANA SCHERER (DEU)

Diana Scherer presents a nuanced exploration of humanity's relationship with nature and the eternal pull to shape and control it. In het study Interweaving she looks at plant root systems, where the roots of grass are transformed.
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Elina Hadjinicola (CYP)

Elina Hadjinicola is a BioDesigner from Cyprus. Collaborating with her beekeeper father, Elina delves into the essence of 'biodesign' from a non-human perspective on the Cypriot Green Line, where bees gather pollen from both sides.
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Holon Design Museum - Aharon Feiner Eden Materials Library (ISR)

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For the BioDesign Festival, we collaborated with the esteemed Design Museum Holon. Integral to the museum is its expansive material library, boasting a collection of over 10,000 diverse materials, serving as a resource for designers and innovators globally.
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Julia Lohman (DEU)

Designer Julia Lohmann founded the Department of Seaweed, a transdisciplinary group of artists, designers, scientists, and sea-lovers, to collectively develop seaweed as a sustainable material for making. She investigates and critiques the ethical and material value systems underpinning our relationship with flora and fauna.
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Marjan van Aubel (NLD)

Marjan van Aubel Studio is an award-winning innovative solar design practice that brings solar energy into daily life. Designing for a positive future through combining the fields of sustainability, design and technology.
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Shushanik Droshakiryan (ARM)

Shushanik Droshakiryan, a creative researcher and garment designer. For the past years she has been developing in material design working mainly with algae.
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Shahar Livne (ISR)

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Shahar Livne is an award winning conceptual material designer located in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Shahar's lifelong fascinations in nature, biology, science, and philosophy developed into intuitive material experimentation way of work.
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ARTISTS AND DESIGNERS