> [!NOTE]+ Meta > Reference:: [[Bio_Salon_paper_2015_copy_2.pdf]] > Date:: 2015 > Tags:: #warp > WeftLinks:: [[Scientific value of craft]] > Claim:: [[Claim - Craft is useful in new production including 3D printing]] > [!SUMMARY] Summary > An initiative of the Crafts Council and the Design & Living Systems Lab at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, demonstrated the synergy between material science and craft practice, especially in textile crafts. ### Highlights > Designers and scientists are exploring the future uses and applications of living matter, and ways to cultivate and grow new materials. Coupled with the evolution of technologies, our understanding of materiality is changing, and new perspectives on what defines a material and its critical context are emerging. Biosalon was set up to provide a critical space for designers and scientists engaged with this debate to come together and discuss the implications of biofabrications for their respective practices.