The Mikro Collective

The Mikro Collective is a virtual resource library and global network of artists, designers, scientists and researchers working at the intersection of microbiology and art.

The Climate Emergency is a defining issue of our time. In order to truly take action, we need interdisciplinary & collaborative strategies which embrace complexity & flexibility.

An emerging field of design is looking to the world of microbiology for inspiration - a new way of creating with life. Microbes are like minute manufactories. They have evolved over billions of years to have highly specialized functions. By designing with microbial systems, we can apply the technologies that nature has perfected and adapt them to the needs of today.

The main feature of The Mikro Collective is a digital catalogue of microbes that possess unique functions for exploring sustainable solutions to society’s ‘wicked problems’.

Our key aim is to improve pain points of cross-discipline collaboration by creating extraordinary support resources for creatives fostering the generation of new ideas.