The Functionality of Bio-Materials and How They Could Help to Solve the Growing Problem of Waste in the Design Industry.

本研究将探讨目前对生物材料设计的理解，并描述其物理和社会局限性。它的重点是挑战他们的寿命，用户问题，以及生物材料作为实用材料的看法。该研究将质疑合成材料工业化生产的必要性，并关注纺织品和产品设计中对材料的自我维持和尊重的重要性，同时鼓励其他人这样做。合成废物的存在及其与消费，道德，生态，以人为本的设计的关系，以及如何影响我们与材料和“自然世界”的关系将受到质疑。这个拟议的博士学位将是实践主导（纺织品和产品设计），在整个生物材料原型的范围将被开发。这项研究将测试如何延长生物材料的寿命，以便与合成材料的功能质量竞争。这项研究是及时给予当前公众讨论有关环境和纺织品和产品设计师应该如何在这场辩论中更加突出。

This research will explore current understanding of bio-material design and describe their physical and sociallimitations. It focuses on challenging their life-span, user issues, and perceptions of bio-materials as practicalmaterials. The research will question the need for industrial production of synthetic materials and focus onthe importance of a self-sustaining, respectful approach to materials in textile and product design, whilstencouraging others to do so. The existence of synthetic waste and its relation to consumption, ethics,ecology, human-centred design and how this impacts on our relationship with materials and the 'naturalworld' will be questioned.This proposed PhD will be practice led (textile and product design), throughout which a range of bio-materialprototypes will be developed. The research will test how the lifespan of bio-materials can be prolonged inorder to compete with the functional qualities of synthetic materials. This research is timely given the currentpublic discussion regarding the environment and how textile and product designers should be moreprominent within this debate.