Blue Foam to Biodesign
Julian Goldman and Dierdre Shea of Fun Stuff Design on building a practice and creating the award winning Pollinator Kit.
In this interview, Aaron Nesser talks to Julian Goldman and Dierdre Shea, co-founders of Fun Stuff Design, about their work with sustainable materials, circular economy, product strategy, and development, with a focus on biomaterials and objects that endure. They discuss how they got into the field of biodesign from industrial design, the importance of understanding form and materials, and the impact designers can have on materials at an early stage in the process. They also discuss a recent project that won a design award at SXSW, Checkerspot: The Pollinator Kit, a renewable rigid polyurethane material derived from algae that they helped design a best-in-class casting kit for. Finally, they talk about what’s next for the field of biodesign and sustainable materials.
