The biofibers project considers how we might make spinable fiber from bio-based materials. This multi-year project has explored both the production of fibers from bio-based materials (like gelatin) as well as a lab-scale fabrication pipeline for wet spinning novel fibers from experimental material solutions.
Team: Eldy Lazaro, Michael Rivera, Mirela Alistar, Laura Devendorf, Miles Lewis, Lily Gabriel. A collaboration between the Unstable Design Lab, Living Matter Lab, and Utility Research Lab.
CHI 2024 Paper Pre-Print: https://utilityresearchlab.org/assets/research/desktop-biofibers-spinning/chi24-desktop-biofibers-spinning.pdf