Cooking Objects: Bio-Digital Material Driven Design Methodology

Abstract

This article presents a Biomaterial Design Methodology based on the idea that common people can produce objects using bio-based ingredients to create biomaterials and digital fabrication technologies as tools to drive the design processes. The emergence of biomaterials opensource recipes in maker communities and digital fabrication laboratories open new approaches for design, raising the idea that designers can become cookers, controlling all design process and its potential outcomes. The methodology presents four steps to develop recipes and biomaterials to achieve a final product design without requiring any previous knowledge. Also combines different digital fabrication techniques to produce new material expressions, systems, functionalities and products.