Bio-Producing Bacterial Cellulose Filaments through Co-Designing with Biological Characteristics
The need for circular textiles has led to an interest in the production of biologically derived materials, generating new research into the bioproduction of textiles through design and interdisciplinary approaches. Bacterial cellulose has been produced directly from fermentation into sheets but not...
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| description | The need for circular textiles has led to an interest in the production of biologically derived materials, generating new research into the bioproduction of textiles through design and interdisciplinary approaches. Bacterial cellulose has been produced directly from fermentation into sheets but not yet investigated in terms of producing filaments directly from fermentation. This leaves a wealth of material qualities unexplored. Further, by growing the material directly into filaments, production such as wet spinning are made redundant, thus reducing textile manufacturing steps. The aim of this study was to grow the bio-material, namely bacterial cellulose directly into a filament. This was achieved using a method of co-designing with the characteristics of biological materials. The method combines approaches of material-driven textile design and human-centred co-design to investigate co-designing with the characteristics of living materials for biological material production. The project is part of a wider exploration of bio-manufacturing textiles from waste. The practice-based approach brought together biological sciences and material design through a series of iterative experiments. This, in turn, resulted in designing with the inherent characteristics of bacterial cellulose, and by doing so filaments were designed to be fabricated directly from fermentation. In this investigation, creative exploration was encouraged within a biological laboratory space, showing how interdisciplinary collaboration can offer innovative alternative bioproduction routes for textile filament production. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1b170b32550943828c83fd3e730713be2023-11-18T20:14:38ZengMDPI AGMaterials1996-19442023-07-011614489310.3390/ma16144893Bio-Producing Bacterial Cellulose Filaments through Co-Designing with Biological CharacteristicsRoberta Morrow0Miriam Ribul1Heather Eastmond2Alexandra Lanot3Sharon Baurley4Materials Science Research Centre, Royal College of Art, London SW11 4NL, UKMaterials Science Research Centre, Royal College of Art, London SW11 4NL, UKCNAP-Department of Biology, University of York, Wentworth Way, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UKCNAP-Department of Biology, University of York, Wentworth Way, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UKMaterials Science Research Centre, Royal College of Art, London SW11 4NL, UKThe need for circular textiles has led to an interest in the production of biologically derived materials, generating new research into the bioproduction of textiles through design and interdisciplinary approaches. Bacterial cellulose has been produced directly from fermentation into sheets but not yet investigated in terms of producing filaments directly from fermentation. This leaves a wealth of material qualities unexplored. Further, by growing the material directly into filaments, production such as wet spinning are made redundant, thus reducing textile manufacturing steps. The aim of this study was to grow the bio-material, namely bacterial cellulose directly into a filament. This was achieved using a method of co-designing with the characteristics of biological materials. The method combines approaches of material-driven textile design and human-centred co-design to investigate co-designing with the characteristics of living materials for biological material production. The project is part of a wider exploration of bio-manufacturing textiles from waste. The practice-based approach brought together biological sciences and material design through a series of iterative experiments. This, in turn, resulted in designing with the inherent characteristics of bacterial cellulose, and by doing so filaments were designed to be fabricated directly from fermentation. In this investigation, creative exploration was encouraged within a biological laboratory space, showing how interdisciplinary collaboration can offer innovative alternative bioproduction routes for textile filament production.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/16/14/4893circularitybacterial celluloseco-designbio-manufacturingbiomaterialsbio-design |
| spellingShingle | Roberta Morrow Miriam Ribul Heather Eastmond Alexandra Lanot Sharon Baurley Bio-Producing Bacterial Cellulose Filaments through Co-Designing with Biological Characteristics Materials circularity bacterial cellulose co-design bio-manufacturing biomaterials bio-design |
| title | Bio-Producing Bacterial Cellulose Filaments through Co-Designing with Biological Characteristics |
| title_full | Bio-Producing Bacterial Cellulose Filaments through Co-Designing with Biological Characteristics |
| title_fullStr | Bio-Producing Bacterial Cellulose Filaments through Co-Designing with Biological Characteristics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bio-Producing Bacterial Cellulose Filaments through Co-Designing with Biological Characteristics |
| title_short | Bio-Producing Bacterial Cellulose Filaments through Co-Designing with Biological Characteristics |
| title_sort | bio producing bacterial cellulose filaments through co designing with biological characteristics |
| topic | circularity bacterial cellulose co-design bio-manufacturing biomaterials bio-design |
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