TOBIE KERRIDGE, NIKKI STOTT, and IAN THOMPSON

Kerridge and Stott create speculative design projects that experiment with new materials.

Biojewellery, 2003-7
Working with bioengineer Ian Thompson, Kerridge and Scott created wedding bands coated with bone cells. “The bone tissue was cultured in a laboratory and then seeded onto a bioactive ceramic that acted as a scaffold for the growing cells….The final bone tissue was taken to the designer’s studio and combined with precious metals to finish the ring.”1 The ring functions as both a symbol of commitment and an actual memento of your partner’s corporeality.

Biojewellery

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1 Paola Antonelli, ed., Design and the Elastic Mind.(New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2008), 111.

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