Talent Pressure Cooker DDW ’20

During BioArt Laboratories’ intensive talent development program, the Talent Pressure Cooker, talents are offered professional guidance in transforming their idea or prototype into a tangible concept or product.  This year, the projects varied from the development of a circular building block to upcycling solutions for disposable coffee grounds.
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Shaakira Jassat (SA/NL)

Shaakira redefines the materials and purposes of architectural elements by making them more circular and symbiotic with nature. After her Aquatecture project, in which water is extracted by means of compact building panels, she is now looking for ways to develop a circular building block. Shaakira redefines the materials and purposes of architectural elements by making them more circular and symbiotic with nature. After her Aquatecture project, in which water is extracted by means of compact building panels, she is now looking for ways to develop a circular building block.
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Romy Snijders (The Netherlands)

Romy onderzoekt de taal van bomen via schimmels, waar het begrijpen van de communicatie tussen bomen ons kan helpen het bos te beschermen en de gezondheid van het milieu te verbeteren.
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Kim van den Belt (The Netherlands)

Kim is developing new sustainable CO2 filters made out of stone-type olivine and photosynthetic algae to create bicarbonate solutions. Exploring a circular solution with natural and local ingredients.
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Elina Hadjinicola (Cyprus)

Elina focuses on exploratory research with beeswax as an important component in her environmentally conscious designs and projects.
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Ewelina Kaczmarska (Poland)

In her research, Ewelina explores upcycling solutions for disposable products with coffee grounds and the multi-sensory possibilities that this entails.
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Ashley Zhang (The Netherlands).

Ashley uses her knowledge from nanobiology to show the interconnectedness of humans with all other living organisms in the world with a new perspective.
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Julia Borovaya (Russia).

Julia draws attention to the problem of global warming and melting glaciers. Her work offers a new perspective on the continual transformation and distortion to captivate the moment.
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Guoda Treciokaite (Lithuania)

Guoda ontwikkelt een duurzaam beschermend gezichtsmasker met een biomateriaal dat verder kan worden ontwikkeld tot textiel. Dit materiaal dient als alternatief voor de huidige textielmaterialen die in de mode-industrie worden gebruikt.
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Daphne Kusters (The Netherlands).

As a transformation designer, Daphne is always looking for sustainable change in individuals, systems, and organizations. She is currently researching the possibilities to redesign a sustainable gas station.
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SAVE (Russia).

With the work Crystal, Anastasia Krasev, Julia Borovaya, and Edward Rakhmanov investigate the interaction between the human body and substance, hypersensitivity, consciousness, and subconsciousness with the matter.
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Valentine Maurice (France).

Valentine explores the relationship between health and light, as well as how we can create a balance between our light consumption and biological rhythms.
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