What Are Bacterial Pigments? How Designers Are Growing Color
Bacterial pigments could offer designers a lower-impact alternative to some synthetic dyes. Here is how microbes make color and why biodesigners are interested.
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Bacterial pigments could offer designers a lower-impact alternative to some synthetic dyes. Here is how microbes make color and why biodesigners are interested.

Collectible design sits between art, furniture and craft. Learn why limited-edition functional objects are attracting a new generation of collectors in 2026.

What are mycelium materials? Learn how fungal root-like networks can bind agricultural waste into packaging, panels and experimental design materials.

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