We are grateful for the help and support provided by the following: 

 

Jennifer Bissonnette and Peter Yeadon who taught us the studio ‘Biodesign’ in fall 2019, and were our mentors for our Collaborative Study for spring 2020. 

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RISD faculty and alumni who provided their valuable feedback on our projects in fall:

• David Kim, Director of RISD Co-Works

• Paolo Cardini, Associate Professor 

• Neal Overstrom, Director of Nature Lab 

• Grace Knight, Industrial Designer at Ecovative

 

RISD students who took this class in fall and previously worked on this project:

• Sawyer Wright

• Chaeri Park

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Artists and designers who we interviewed to deeper understand their work in the field of Biodesign: 

• Suzanne Lee

• Julia Lohmann

• Daisy Ginsberg

• Mitchell Joachim

• Agi Haines

• Grace Knight 

• Charlotte McCurdy 

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Critics for  final critique in fall:

• Veena Vijayakumar (BDC)

• Daniel Grushkin (BDC)

• Ekatarina Zolotovsky (MIT/Wyss Institute)

• Charlotte McCurdy (RISD Alumna)

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Parks: 

• Tompkins County Dog Owners Group (http://www.lightlink.com/tcdog/TCDog.html)

• Johnston biogas plant: Rodd Ligols(general manager); Pat McNab(landfill waste manager)

• Devin Gorson from East River State Park (https://nypost.com/2016/07/10/this-brooklyn-park-wants-your-dogs-poop/)

• Jennifer Raffaeli from Alaska’s Denali National Park (https://www.nps.gov/dena/contacts.htm) 

• Hugh L. Carey Battery Park (bpca.ny.gov) 

• Robert H. Treman State Park New York

• Great Bark Dog Park

 

Recycling Company:

•  EnviroWagg LLC (http://envirowagg.com/) 

• Green Scoop Pet Waste Recycling (greenscooppet.com) 

• Gene Bernat, Cover Technologies, Inc.

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Other RISD students who took part in the BDC challenge class this year

• Javier (Kai) Zhang

• Terez Villeda-Medina

• Sarah Tulloh

• Kaitlin Reed

• Ogden Opheim

• Tommy Dawson

• Nicholas Tamas

• And our T.A., Chetan Dusane