Performative Living Light: How can we incorporate living light in everyday products?

Description

The past decade has seen a growing interest among designers and design researchers to work with other living organisms, such as fungi, algae, and bacteria with the aim of a minimal ecological footprint, novel functions and expressions in design. This emerging field is commonly referred to as biodesign. Performative Living Light is a biodesign project focusing on bioluminescent microorganisms, including micro-algae and bacteria. The aim is to acquire a deep understanding of the light-giving qualities of these microorganisms in response to human interaction, by facilitating their incorporation in everyday living artefacts.