See Change: March 2023

Curious about making products with biomaterials? Cast some algae-based polyurethane with a pair from Checkerspot’s design team, Julian Goldman and Dierdre Shea of Fun Stuff Design. Participants will learn about what Checkerspot is doing to empower designers and makers, and will get the chance to use Checkerspot’s Pollinator™ Kit to make a small object to take home. Activation will be held outdoors, and protective gloves will be provided. Please, no food or drink while casting

Checkerspot, Inc., a biotechnology company with an award-winning design and innovation lab, designs materials and ingredients at a molecular level to enable more sustainable, high-performing products. By optimizing microalgae, Checkerspot’s vertically integrated WING™ Platform biomanufactures unique oils that not only reduce dependence on commodity oils and petroleum derivatives, but can improve performance properties in everyday consumer products including hardgoods, textiles, personal care, and food. The company started by commercializing performance composites engineered into skis and snowboards, which are sold through its brand WNDR® Alpine. Fun Stuff Design is a design studio based in Troy, New York specializing in novel sustainable materials and sustainable product development, focusing on biomaterials and thoughtfully designed objects that endure.