Bio Design: Nature, Science, Creativity - Hardcover

Myers, William

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0870708449 ISBN 13: 9780870708442

Publisher: Museum of Modern Art, 2012

Synopsis

For centuries, designers and artists have looked to nature for inspiration and materials, but only recently have they developed the ability to alter and incorporate living organisms or tissues into their work. This startling development, at the intersection of biology and design has created new aesthetic possibilities and helps address a growing urgency to build and manufacture ecologically. Bio Design surveys recent design and art projects that harness living materials and processes, presenting bio-integrated approaches to achieving sustainability, innovations enabled by biotechnology, and provocative experiments that deliberately illustrate the dangers and opportunities in manipulating life for human ends. As the first publication to focus on this new phenomenon and closely examine how it fits into the history of architecture, art and industrial design, this volume surveys this shift and contextualizes it through comparisons to previous historic transitions in art and design practices, clarifying its implications for the future. A reference for students and teachers of art, architecture, industrial design and engineering, Bio Design will also introduce the subject to a broad audience.

About this title

Review

A fascinating and worthy subject. --RIBA Journal

About the Author

William Myers is a curator, writer, and teacher based in Amsterdam. He is the author of Bio Design: Nature + Science + Creativity.

Paola Antonelli is Senior Curator of Department of Architecture and Design, as well as the Director of R&D at The Museum of Modern Art.

Edition details

• Publisher: Museum of Modern Art
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0870708449
• ISBN 13: 9780870708442
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 288