Susceptibility

This card helps you account for how external factors like contamination, temperature, humidity, micro-organisms may affect your biodesign project.

• What strategies will you use to minimize the risk of contamination or environmental degradation in your biodesign project and during the product life- cycle?

• How will you balance the unpredictability of natural factors with the need for control and consistency in your biodesign process? 

• In what ways will the vulnerabilities of living or natural materials influence the way you design and experiment with them?

Blooming Tiles

Blooming Tiles repurposes excavated soil and sewage sludge into biodegradable tiles for temporary outdoor events. These tiles prevent event attendees from walking in mud and, after use, they naturally biodegrade, allowing the flower seeds embedded in them to sprout and create vibrant flower beds — showcasing how designing with natural susceptibilities can add both function and environmental harmony.

• Adapt your design to account for changes in environmental conditions over the product's lifecycle. 

• Explore ways to use the natural breakdown / wear of materials as a functional or aesthetic feature.

• See Biocomposites Database on Biodesigntoolkit.com

• Tips&Tricks: TT1, TT2, TT3