Lab equipement & machinery

This card helps understand your need for specialized lab equipment or machinery.

• How much will access to specialized lab equipment and machinery expand your ability to experiment and innovate in biodesign?

• What equipment do you need in your current biodesign stage and scale?

• In what ways will learning to operate certain lab equipment and machinery expand your knowledge and skillset as a designer and help progress your project?

Moving Pigments

Charlotte Werth, the fashion designer behind the "Moving Pigments" project, developed her own specialized machinery to dye fabrics. The machine rolls the fabric through baths of bacteria, each of which produces a different dye color on the material.

• Identify the lab equipment or machinery that can enhance your biodesign project progress at its current stage and scale.

• When considering scaling, identify what equipment you currently lack.