I looked into the MABiodesign (CSM) course’s Instagram account to find students I could talk to. I am interested in understanding more about the techniques, processes, and their thoughts about the future of this relatively new field.
The girls were really helpful and sent me a few different references and resources to continue to educate myself on the practice. When asking them about their thoughts on representation of this way of designing in media, they all agreed there is not enough exposure of it. Being a new field, that hasn’t been completely defined yet, the media hasn’t got into it yet.
I also spoke to Alice Potts, the designer I really wanted to collaborate with. I find her work really innovative and visionary and thought it was the perfect match to my “surrealist, SciFi looking” film. She thought that what I was doing was really neccessary to ensure an understanding of what biodesign is, and its possibilities in the future of fashion. I also shared with her the storyboard and visual references I have for the final piece and she agreed on collaborating with me.
Alice also suggested some ideas for the distribution of it. She’s been featured in ShowStudio before and she’s a good friend with them. I think this collaboration could be beneficial for the exposure of my work as well as hers.