Everyone is talking about sustainability – but what is it and on which principles is the term “sustainability” based in an urban environment? The world in which we live is undergoing great changes never seen before in human history. It is estimated that over 50% of...
With The Essence of Things we want to make you think about the basics of our world. We want to enrich your experiences of essential forms and familiar substances, inspire you to see them in a new way. Innovative biotech projects that explore these themes...
During the Talent Pressure Cooker 2016, BioArt Laboratories stimulated the participating talents to enrich our publics' experience of essential forms and familiar substances and inspire you to see them in a different way.The definition of rain does not tell us the meaning of the word...
A month after BioArt Laboratories organized a very interesting Open Stadslab concerning Biomimicry, another one is planned for June 8th. The theme this time is: City & Biobased Materials. What are biobased materials and how can we use them to our advantage? The use of biobased...
While nature has been evolving, and thus improving itself over the past 3,8 billion years, mankind only started developing technologies about 10,000 years ago. Relatively recently, scientists, innovators and others have discovered that there is a lot to be learned from nature. In this case,...
Nowadays, composite materials like glass or carbon fibre reinforced plastics are increasingly used as lightweight materials in many industrial sectors. While characterised by their strength and rigidity, these materials come with certain disadvantages such as high energy demands during production, the need for oil as...
On the 19th of April an international delegation of the Districts of Creativity (DC) Network visited BioArt Laboratories. The delegation, consisting of about fifty people from countries such as India, Finland, Scotland and the United States, stayed in Brabant from the 19th to 22nd of...
On the 30th of March BioArt Laboratories organised a futuristic, reflective and professional debate on law and new materials. BioArt Laboratories encourages and facilitates talents to work with new biobased materials and biotechnologies that could lead to interesting innovations and start-ups. Topic of the discussion...
On Tuesday, the 8th of December, BioArt Laboratories was invited to talk during the ‘WYSIWYG Geekborrel’ at the Kennismakerij in Tilburg. Artists who were part of ‘Chilling in a Box’ at the Dutch Design Week 2015 and representatives of BioArt Laboratories, spoke about their projects and...
The BIO ART & DESIGN AWARD (called Designers & Artists 4 Genomics Award till 2013) is a unique competition that aims at stimulating young artists and designers from The Netherlands and abroad to experiment with bio art and design and to collaborate with renowned Dutch...