Deep Blue Bio is a transdisciplinary studio and research network designing with biological processes and complex living systems.
We move fluidly between lab, field, studio, and the materials kitchen — deepening connections between science, design, and technology.
Design provocations that prompt transitions.
Director & Studio Lead
Founded in 2024 by artist and materials scholar Kate Scardifield, Deep Blue Bio foregrounds creative practice within scientific research and expands the role of design in addressing ecological challenges.
The studio brings together scientists, artists, and technologists working at the forefront of sustainable innovation, new materials, and regenerative systems.
Our growing research network connects bio-driven design with technology transfer pathways, and links advanced fabrication with novel materials, systems transitions, and biomanufacturing.
Collaborators
Research Network
PhD Candidates
Renata Daudt
Closing the loop: Transforming local agricultural waste into high-value biomaterials for genuine circularity.
Noor El-Gewely
Bio-Fabrication with Lignocellulose composites: Material investigations into the future of wood.
Samuel Hodge
From Soil to Studio: Gardening as Creative Practice and vice-versa.
Zahra Sassall
Spinning a common thread: Valorising biogenic waste streams for novel sustainable textile production.
Nahum McLean, 2020 – 2024
Research Assistants
Evelyn Darke
Benjamin Brennan
Ben Styles
Naomi Chan