Blue Makerspace is the latest episode of the Drop, Ripple, Wave series

The Blue Markespace drop aims to create a design research space and a knowledge-sharing programme that focuses on water-based materials from a non-extractivist perspective.

Advocating for consciously sourcing and exploring natural resources, it fosters applied research projects in design, textiles, architecture and the agro-food industry. It is inspired in the Algae Platform concept created by Atelier Luma in the aquatic ecosystem of the Camargue around Arles (France), which works with a network of specialists exploring material applications, production possibilities and scenarios for sustainably integrating algae, salt, shells and other sea-based resources from the Camargue aquatic ecosystem into urban environments, such as façade tiling, public furniture or product design.

In the fifth episode of Drop, Ripple, Wave series, Mariana Pestana, Co-PI and Arts & Culture Coordinator for Bauhaus of the Seas Sails, and Markus Reymann, co-director of TBA21–Academy discuss the how the maker space combines culture and critical thinking with a technological and entrepreneurial spirit dedicated to the blue economy. 

Blue Makerspace is the fifth episode of a bigger series split in two seasons, with episodes dropping every month from April to November in 2024 and 2025 – here and on Canal 180’s Youtube channel. Season 1, titled Drop, Ripple, Wave, is composed of conversations where consortium members and external experts discuss each of the eight pilot project typologies – drops. Learn more about the video series here.