Making Space - Multiscale Design: From bacteria to buildings with Annelie Koller

Join Annelie Koller as she shares her journey from architect to working at the Biotech startup, Modern Meadow, that grows biofabricated leather materials in a lab. She will aim to demystify this brave new world of biodesign, sharing her insights on biologically grown materials, new technologies and what it takes for a woman outside of the realms of science, to find herself in the middle of it.

NCSU students, staff, and faculty may also register for the associated free workshop: Intro to Biomaterials for Design Workshop with Annelie Koller.

ABOUT ANNELIE KOLLER

Through the lens of biology, technology, and human ecology, Annelie Koller seeks to develop a new language of design for a better future. She is currently an experience design lead at the biotech startup, Modern Meadow, the first company to grow sustainable collagen-based materials in a lab. She is a founding member of the New York-based Lady Tech Guild that aims to empower women in the emerging manufacturing industry. She also co-produces the Biofabricate summit that showcases the current world of biologically grown materials for consumer applications.  She holds a part-time lecturing post at the Parsons School of Design and is a past resident of the art and technology foundation, Eyebeam. She graduated with an M.Arch degree from the University of Pretoria, South Africa and an MFA in Design and Technology from Parsons, New York.