A recyclable seaweed fabric to fight fashion waste and a vertical plant growth kit that texts its owner to top up water will put UniSC Design students on the global stage this week.
The proposed seaweed clothing business and the aeroponics plant kit, created by two teams of Design Futures students, have been selected as finalists for the Biodesign Challenge Summit in New York City on 22-23 June.
The annual summit will include 500 students from 15 countries competing for prizes and exhibiting at the NYC Museum of Modern Art, either attending in-person or participating online.
“The University of the Sunshine Coast is the only university in Queensland to have a team in the finals, let alone two,” said Dr Leah Barclay, whose course encourages students to use physical and digital design principles to solve real-world challenges of the future.
“Biodesign is essentially design inspired by the environment and natural processes. This is an incredible opportunity for students to collaborate on solving a global problem and to think deeply about the impact they can have through design.”
