Researcher makes clothing come alive with algae and organisms

In the Netherlands, a Materials Experience Lab’s researcher is exploring the potential of Living Textiles for futures of clothing and product design and her current project, Biogarmentry, found a special condition in clothing that users will connect to—a living textile that is capable of photosynthesis.

Biogarmentry is a transdisciplinary collaboration between nature, design and science. In this process the living organisms of algae are the essential part of the design process in order to create the first living and photosynthesizing textile.

Further improvement of this project will be conducted in collaboration with a new BioDesign Lab of Avans University of Applied Sciences.