The grow-it-yourself toy kit that makes biomaterial design fun.
Explore SCOBY
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What's GIY?
The Grow It Yourself GIY Bio Buddies Kit is a speculative kit that includes the materials and instructions necessary to engage people of all ages and experiences in biomaterial explorations. The kit focuses on growing and creating with kombucha leather, aka SCOBY, and mycelium, the root like structure of mushrooms.
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How can we make Sustainable Design creative and fun?We believe that simple explorations with biomaterials will spark interest in sustainable design. Phrases like "engineering", "technology", and "biodesign" can seem intimidating. Our goal is to create a playful biodesign experience that makes science more accessible for everyone, especially children. Through our explorations with the biomaterials kombucha leather and mycelium, we are working to design an engaging, approachable, and fun toy kit.
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If we're going to fight the plastic problem, we need to start at the roots: toys. We grow up with plastic toys that we throw away after a year; No one thinks twice about the plastic waste generated by toys. With the GIY Bio Buddies toy kit, you grow and build your own toys by using materials from the waste stream. We encourage you to share your discoveries, creations and appreciate fails.
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⬆️ This video gives an overview of the kit ⬆️ |
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We believe that exploring biomaterials in a playful way is important. Using approachable methods, such as tinkering and hands-on activities, can introduce people of all ages to bioengineering and connect them to nature. Fun and simple toy growing kits can introduce sustainable design conversation into play.
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GIY Bio Buddies 2020
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Nest Makerspace | Bay Area, CA
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