Elvin Karana is Professor of Materials Innovation and Design at TU Delft. Her research delves into the synergistic collaborations among design, biotechnology, and materials science, aiming to cultivate innovative biomaterials seamlessly integrated into human daily life and aligned with the diverse cycles, scales, and temporalities of ecosystems.
In 2019, Elvin established the Material Incubator lab in Den Bosch, and subsequently, in 2022, she founded the Delft-Biodesign Lab at TU Delft. These laboratories focus on developing tools and methodologies to deepen our understanding of microorganisms in biodesign and to advocate for regenerative design principles in the creation of living artefacts.
Since 2015, Elvin has also been co-directing the Materials Experience Lab, contributing to research on human-material relationships.
Publications:
2024
AnimaTo: Designing a Multimorphic Textile Artefact for Performativity
Alice Buso, Holly Mcquillan, Kaspar Jansen, Elvin Karana
Proceedings of the 2024 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference
(Re) activate,(Re) direct,(Re) arrange: Exploring the Design Space of Direct Interactions with Flavobacteria
Clarice Risseeuw, Holly Mcquillan, Joana Martins, Elvin Karana
Living with Cyanobacteria: Exploring Materiality in Caring for Microbes in Everyday Life
Jiwei Zhou, Zjenja Doubrovski, Elisa Giaccardi, Elvin Karana
On the Role of Materials Experience for Novel Interactions with Digital Representations of Historical Pop-up and Movable Books
Willemijn S Elkhuizen, Jeff Love, Stefano Parisi, Elvin Karana
Becoming microbes: An approach to cultivating microbial sensibilities in biodesign
Jiho Kim, Raphael Kim, Joana Martins, Elvin Karana
Design for serene textile experiences: A toolkit
Stefano Parisi, Holly McQuillan, Elvin Karana
Growth, Distribution, and Photosynthesis of Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii in 3D Hydrogels (Adv. Mater. 2/2024)
Jeong‐Joo Oh, Satya Ammu, Vivian Dorine Vriend, Roland Kieffer, Friedrich Hans Kleiner, Srikkanth Balasubramanian, Elvin Karana, Kunal Masania, Marie‐Eve Aubin‐Tam