Outfit the nursery with living wallpaper, bacteria-made diapers, and an algae composter.
By Katharine Schwab | CO.DESIGN
Textiles, wood, plastic, glass, paper–these are the kinds of materials we’re used to having in our homes. But there are new experimental materials coming, and they’re made of something that sounds grosser than it is: bacteria.
That’s right–these are tiny microorganisms that you want in your home. At the 2018 Biodesign Challenge Summit, an annual competition between design students working with biological materials, there was a plethora of products (conceptual and otherwise) that aim to bring the benefits of bacteria into your house. From living wallpaper to a microbiome analyzer for the bathroom, these prototypes and concepts show why having more microorganisms in your home isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
