Duration : 02:18:25
Neri Oxman, an engineer scientist, designer, architect, and artist, discusses the importance of incorporating novelty and complexity in projects that combine disciplines like synthetic biology, material science, and robotics engineering. Oxmans work focuses on the intersection of computational design, digital fabrication, material science, and synthetic biology. She emphasizes the need to work with nature rather than against it and aims to revolutionize how humans design and build products. Oxman believes that nature holds wisdom beyond intelligence and that technology can tap into this wisdom. She highlights the imbalance between human-made goods and biomass on the planet and explores the concept of designing everything as if it were part of the biosphere, growing rather than building.