The next (and final 3 episodes of the year) are all recorded with guests from across the pond: France, the UK and Austria, respectively.
First, let’s head to France where I spoke with boundary-pushing typographer, designer and printer, Alec Vivier-Reynaud.
Alec is a french bio-designer and graphic designer. At the intersection of biology and graphic design, his biodesign research propose a new paradigm where images become living entities. In collaboration with the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, he tangibly interacts with and collaborates with the fungal ecosystems surrounding us. Within this new perspective, he notably invents « mycography », a new bio-printing process using biological inks made of micro-fungi. Much like mycelium that interweaves the layers of life, his research in bio design weaves connections between the disciplines of print, biology, and biotechnology, redefining the creation and experience of an image. By using living organisms as a primary material for reflection, he creates collaborative spaces where new visual and material paradigms emerge.
In this episode, you’ll hear about Alec’s love of printmaking and how Alec’s proprietary process works. If you think combining cyan, magenta, yellow and black is cool, you’ll be fascinated by what happens when you combine bio inks (think beyond colour to texture, volume, shine and more). Finally, you’ll hear what happens to type when Alec prints letterforms.
Let’s listen in…
About Our Guest:
Alec Vivier-Reynaud is a french bio-designer and graphic designer. At the intersection of biology and graphic design, his biodesign research propose a new paradigm where images become living entities. In collaboration with the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, he tangibly interacts with and collaborates with the fungal ecosystems surrounding us. Within this new perspective, he notably invents « mycography », a new bio-printing process using biological inks made of micro-fungi. Much like mycelium that interweaves the layers of life, his research in bio design weaves connections between the disciplines of print, biology, and biotechnology, redefining the creation and experience of an image. By using living organisms as a primary material for reflection, he creates collaborative spaces where new visual and material paradigms emerge.
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Music:
Weird Science - John Bartmann licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License
Talk Paper Scissors Theme Music: Retro Quirky Upbeat Funk by Lewis Sound Production via Audio Jungle