Centre for Applied Research of the Faculty on Digital Media & Creative Industries

The Biomaterials Studio: co-fabricating and biodesigning with local materials

Join us for this inspiring lunch meeting of the Centre for Applied Research FDMCI and CoECI for researchers, teachers and students. You will be updated on current research, new insights and lessons learned.

Event

Be surprised this April by a contribution on sustainability in relation materials, design and collaboration from the research group Fashion Research & Technology. This meeting will take place on Tuesday, April 18 from 12:00 to 13:00 at AMFI. We will start on the second floor of the Koetsier-Montaigne House (KMH 2.18 & 2.20) with the inspiration session including lunch. Following the presentation there will be a tour in the Biomaterials Studio (KMH 1.34), your chance to get acquainted with biodesign!

The Biomaterials Studio: co-fabricating and biodesigning with local materials

Sam Edens, affiliated with the Fashion Research & Technology Professorship (Centre for Applied Research FDMCI) and also working for the Faculty of Engineering, takes us literally and figuratively into the world of biomaterials in this Food for Thought Inspiration session.

To conclude her contribution, Sam will provide all attendees with a tour in the Biomaterials Studio on the first floor of the Koetsier-Montaigne House (AMFI). Register now to be assured of a spot on April 18!

* this contribution takes place in English

About the speaker

Sam Edens is coordinator of the Biomaterials Studio, the community lab of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences where students, lecturers, and researchers can work with biobased and living materials and experiment with biodesign techniques.

She also coordinates the faculty-wide minor Makers Lab: Making as Research and the new minor Sustainable Futures: Nature + Design + Creativity.

Live or online?

This Food for Thought inspiration session takes place live at the Amstel Campus on the second floor of the KMH with a tour in the Biomaterials Studio on the first floor. Live participation is preferred. Do you want to participate online? Then log in via this link in MS Teams: Click here to join the meeting

Fashion Research & Technology

Do you want to know more about the research group Fashion Research & Technology of the Centre for Applied Research FDMCI? Then visit this portal.

Published by  Centre for Applied Research FDMCI 22 March 2023

Date

Start date 18 Apr

Time

12:00 - 13:00

Contact

Sam Edens

Location

Koetsier-Montaigne building (KMH) | Amstel Campus

Mauritskade 11

1091 GC Amsterdam

020 595 4555