FutureCraft Materials Library | Material Exploration 001 "What happens when everyone starts with the same agar bio-plastic recipe—but make different design decisions? How does hands-on interaction with materials guide our thinking and reflective practice?" Overview This material exploration introduced students to agar bioplastic, a renewable material made from earth-derived ingredients. Rather than asking students to develop their own recipes, the class worked from a shared b

This semester, students in GD 105 — Prototyping helped launch Chapman University’s first experimental biomaterials library through hands-on exploration of sustainable material practices, alternative fabrication methods, and future material imaginaries. The FutureCraft Materials Library began as an effort to create a space for material curiosity, critical making, and sustainability-focused prototyping within design education. While many prototyping projects in design classroom