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# Project Description Payonke: Adaptive Mobiles Weronika Turowska Summary Final work Weronika Turowska is a Polish biodesigner based in London, with an interest in material research and environmental, cultural storytelling. Her latest work involves investigation of agential materials with traditional crafts. With a focus on biodesign as a tool for storytelling and ecological engagement, she investigates how microbes and living materials can reshape our indoor environments into adaptive, responsive spaces. Weronika Turowska is a Polish biodesigner based in London, with an interest in material research ... College Central Saint Martins Course MA Biodesign Graduation year 2025 Payonke explores this possibility through active, hybrid materials that contain Bacillus subtilis spores— probiotic bacteria that react to moisture by changing shape, much like how pinecones open in the rain. Drawing from Polish pająki ludowe—traditional folk mobiles once made to bring prosperity into the home—this project reimagines the craft through a new perspective on materials. The result is a series of responsive, interlocking structures that act as natural indicators of indoor moisture, helping us reconceive our environments as more adaptive and health-conscious systems. By treating microbes not as threats but as collaborators, Payonke proposes a new material language—where tradition meets innovation, and static objects give way to dynamic, living systems that support and enhance the spaces we inhabit. Final work Payonke: Adaptive Mobiles Shape-shifting, agential objects that challenge conventional notions of materials, craft, and cohabitation with microbes. Close up Curl and open upon contact with a water droplet — detecting moisture levels View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery Research and process Payonke - movement Bacterial Spores – Hygromorphic, Shape-Shifting Behaviour Agential Microbial Material: Cork embedded with bacterial spores that sense and respond to environmental moisture, enabling non-electronic, dynamic material transformation View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery Share this project What if the objects in our homes could sense, shift, and adapt like living things? Payonke explores this possibility through active, hybrid materials that contain Bacillus subtilis spores— probiotic bacteria that react to moisture by changing shape, much like how pinecones... A link to this page has been added to your clipboard Browse related work Climate Emergency Beyond Human Craft & Process Nature & Environment Materiality Aesthetics Places & Spaces Biodesign Materials Biomaterial Craft
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