Antibiotic-Responsive Bioart: Exploring DIYbio as a Design Studio Practice
summary
Converted an HCI studio into a functioning BSL-1 conversion ~$2,000 over two years and runs a five-day course that enrolled seven junior high students. Built and shared a DIY $50 incubator (lightbulb heater, styrofoam, Arduino) that other labs recreate. Students tested household items with the Kirby‑Bauer method and some showed clear antibiotic zones, then digitized petri images and screen printed them. Findings: living materials exert agency, timelines for biological work differ from electronics, and low-cost open hardware enables community biosensing and design projects.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:35DIYbio design studio
- 3:05Materials and tools
- 3:35Designing a DIYbio incubator
- 6:12Background
- 9:40Biosensing for antibiotic properties
- 10:11Engaging with scientific issues
- 11:03Parallels between materials
- 12:04Differences between materials
- 13:34Community science
- 14:25Biomaterials in design studio practice
- 15:15Hybrid materials and artifacts
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