BDC 2021 Year in Review
Highlights from 2021
BDC Student & Alumni Highlights
Here's where BDC projects headed in 2021:
AlgiKnit co-founders Tessa Callaghan and Aleksandra Gosiewski (FIT, BDC 2016) were selected for the Forbes 30 Under 30 Manufacturing and Industry Class of 2022.
Gabe Tavas (University of Illinois, BDC 2021) won a James Dyson Award for his project Symmetry Wood.
Getting Our Sh*t Together (AUAS, BDC 2021) was featured at Dutch Design Week.
Nest Makerspace's BDC 2021 teams, Biotech Paletero Cart and AGrow Style, were honored by the Salinas City Council.
Mitchell Henderson from Ecolastane (FIT, BDC 2019) and Valentina Gomez from Werewool (FIT, BDC 2018) sat down with BDC instructor Evelyn Rynkiewicz and new FIT Sustainability Ambassador, Amber Valletta, to discuss the significance of biodesign in fashion.
Issues in Science and Technology continued to publish BDC project spotlight articles.
BDC Programming Recap
THE BDC summit 2021 was a blast!
The BDC Summit 2021 was held online and welcomed a record number of participants from 53 schools, 20 countries, and five continents.
we launched the BIODESIGN SPRINT With google
BDC and Google partnered on the first-ever Biodesign Sprint! Forty teams from 15 countries developed projects to rethink electronic hardware that function in symbiotic harmony with the environment.
Check out the projects, winners, and events on the Biodesign Sprint website.
introducing two more regional biodesign hubs
The Latin American Biodesign Hub and Midwest Biodesign Hub are for regional biodesign practitioners, researchers, and students to share resources, collaborate, and develop new teaching practices.
welcome to the BDC ALUMNI BOARD
We are happy to announce that BDC has formed its first alumni board. Board members include Fiona Bell (2020), Luis B. Guzman (2018), Anne Hu (2019), Sara Nejad (2020), Annick Saralegui (2020), Trisha Sathish (2019), and Jiwon Woo (2016).
Biodesigned Issue 9: CODE. Art by Pearlyn Lii.
BIODESIGNED MAGAZINE CONTINUES to publish more voices
Our online magazine, Biodesigned, published five new issues this year. Themes included Reinvention, Food, Contamination, Interspecies, and Code.
