A focus on people pushing the bounds of material knowledge and seeking ways to apply their findings to art, craft, and commerce. We hope these examples will provide a-ha moments, and perhaps provoke your own ideas in material exploration.An interdisciplinary research project combining biology, materials science, and textile design disciplines
A research arm of University of Art London, Central Saint Martins, concerned with “inheritable futures”
The Center for Design and Material Culture is the primary destination for the multi-disciplinary study of material culture and design at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
a resource and reference for everyone curious about mushrooms and the beautiful and subtle colors derived from dyeing with mushrooms
An academic program at MIT exploring new modes of social practice art that collapse content and form.
Sharing a spatial and historically informed story that highlights the lives of Black craftspeople and the objects they produced
LA Commons engages communities in the creation of public art that tells their unique stories and serves as the basis for dialogue, interaction, and a better understanding of Los Angeles.
Casa Tamarindo is a vernacular research & design house focused on creating futuristic vernacular crafts from synthetic waste and biomaterials.
At Parsons School of Design, Alison Mears and Jonsara Ruth have created an interdisciplinary research program to redesign design materials.
The Fashion and Race Database is a dynamic learning platform that examines the history and impact of race in the fashion system and our everyday life.
Established in 2019, the project has been instrumental in bringing together the global pigment community by providing an extensive directory of international artists and educators.
In the Department of Seaweed experts from design, craft, science and anthropology collaborate and share their knowledge to create materials and processes with which to make materials and objects from seaweed.
The MIT Media Lab is an interdisciplinary research lab working to invent the future of #art (among other tech and creative fields)
EMKP aims to call attention to, research and preserve the crafts, skills, practices and knowledge of the material world that are in danger of disappearing.