New Biomateriality Lab in Design Museum's exhibition Enter and Encounter
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Photo: Eeva Suorlahti
Aalto University's New Biomateriality Lab is part of the exhibition Enter and Encounter. The optimistic exhibition focuses on the future, asking how design challenges the present and shapes things to come.
The New Biomateriality Lab presents new Finnish biomaterials, mainly based on wood. All materials have been invented and produced in multidisciplinary research projects. The exhibition is coordinated by Aalto University’s CHEMARTS collaboration and participating projects are DWoC, NoMa, Hiilinielu Designstudio and Trash2Cash. The main partners are Aalto University, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Technical University of Tampere, Universities of Applied Sciences in Lahti and Tampere, University of Vaasa and Design Forum Finland, in collaboration with various companies, funded by Tekes and EU.