Living Materials,
Living Worlds
Living Materials,
Learning Planet Institute
8bis rue Charles V, Paris
February 23 · 2026
14:00 — 18:00
The Event
Living Materials, Living Worlds is a biodesign conference for those who work with life, and anyone curious about how.
What happens when materials breathe, grow, decay, heal, and remember?
When design becomes a conversation between species, time, and care?
We’re inviting you into questions like:
How do you design for growth and circularity rather than extraction?
What does being a designer or artist mean when your material is alive?
How does working with other species reshape your ethics and aesthetics?
✧ Artist and research talks
✺ Biomaterial workshop: kombucha leather
✩ Shared questions, slimy materials, and strange new worlds
Come grow, question, regenerate, and imagine with us.
Schedule
- 14:00 – 15:30 Artist and Research Talks
- 15:30 – 16:00 Tea & Coffee Break
- 16:00 – 16:30 Panel Discussion
- 16:30 – 18:00: Biomaterial workshop: Kombucha leather
About Us
Elsa Donovan
AIRE M2 Student at Learning Planet Institute
Milena Milovanovic
PhD Student in Synthetic Biology at the ELiS labs
Jackie Landi
AIRE M2 Student at Learning Planet Institute
Leo Villemin
AIRE M2 Student at Learning Planet Institute
Tom Lorthios
PhD Student in Synthetic Biology at the ELiS labs