Nature as a Design Tool/自然作为设计工具

 Nature as a Design Tool is a workshop at Tsinghua University and Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology. 26 students from different Universities made nearly 10 different kinds of prototypes after learning 3 series of course instructed by our team, such as design thinking, interactive material design and programming. 

• ​Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University 

• The Future Laboratory

• Eco-Design Research Institute 

• ​the Learning Network on Sustainability

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2. Mor H, Yu T, Nakagaki K, et al. Venous Materials: Towards Interactive Fluidic Mechanisms[C]//Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 2020: 1-14.

3. Grigoryan B, Paulsen S J, Corbett D C, et al. Multivascular networks and functional intravascular topologies within biocompatible hydrogels[J]. Science, 2019, 364(6439): 458-464.

4. Fang Y, Guo Y, Ji M, et al. 3D Printing of Cell‐Laden Microgel‐Based Biphasic Bioink with Heterogeneous Microenvironment for Biomedical Applications[J]. Advanced Functional Materials, 2021: 2109810.

Beijing TV Science and Education Channel, 20210424 College Star Class - Aesthetics and Technology Class 

Jiangsu Education TV: Nine major art schools appear in design exhibition, Tsinghua Academy of Fine Arts: diversified design works show the beauty of integration

​工作营实施成员: 宋佳珈 徐海晴 于天宇

工作营理论方法指导: 刘新 钟芳

工作营技术支持: 米海鹏

工作营参与学生: 童咏、李彦衡 、陈颖彦 、赵晓玉 、黄伊萍、 张琳、张雅楠 、高鑫、 范强 、滕雅娟 、税波 、周妍 、马婷、 魏哲欣 、孙小晴、 夏宇婷 、刘思聪 、孟丹宁 、于莹、 赵芳艺 、查思雨

特别感谢: 吴炳炎 、方民 、尹小满

工作营筹备阶段: 2021.12.01-12.17

工作营开展时间: 2021.12.18-12.19