TISSUE ENGINEERED TEXTILES: The Tools
Alongside the creation of a materials and techniques archive (see Tissue Engineered Textiles: Research) a range of new tools has been designed and produced - tools that have been specifically developed for a designer working the laboratory. The new petri dishes shown below have been engineered to reimagine current manufacturing processes. For example can we grow leather petals for flowers in the shape and size needed, can we learn from embroidery hoop design to keep scaffolds in place, and can we embellish fabrics in vitro - bone polka dot anyone?