Biomaterials

"10 Bioplastic Projects Made from Algae, Corn Starch and Other Natural Products" — Dezeen (2018/2021) A roundup of design projects: seaweed furniture, agar packaging, beetle-shell phone cases, bioplastic pavilions.  https://www.dezeen.com/2018/10/09/bioplastic-projects-algae-corn-starch-beetle-shells/

"Bioplastic Couture Collection: Sustainable Fabric Made at Home" — Designboom (2022) Fashion designers Jenny Lai and Lien Tong made a three-piece couture collection entirely from agar bioplastic — heated, dyed with food coloring, poured into trays, dried, then pleated and glued into garments. Includes photos and explains the process step by step. https://www.designboom.com/design/bioplastic-couture-collection-sustainable-fabric-options-not-lienx-11-16-2022/

"Rethinking Sustainability: A Research on Starch-Based Bioplastic" — Journal of Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies (2018) An architect-researchers' paper that actually makes agar bioplastic test specimens and thinks about them as building and design materials. Includes photos of material samples.  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325625622

"Transforming Seaweed into Bioplastics" — Algal Research / Taylor & Francis (2024/2025) The science here is the best available peer-reviewed review. It covers the full pipeline from seaweed cultivation to finished material. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/26388081.2024.2435035

"Advances in agar-based composites" — Carbohydrate Polymers / Elsevier (2024) This review article explores the developments and applications in agar-based composites (ABCs). https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0144861724008452?via%3Dihub