Title

Bio Beauty

Client

MS1

Year

2021

Info

Introducing "Bio-Beauty," an innovative approach to personalized eyeshadow creation. This product is meticulously crafted from a unique blend of pigments derived from bacteria sourced both from your own body and its surrounding environment.


With Bio-Beauty, every shade tells a story of your individuality, harnessing the diverse microbial ecosystem that is uniquely yours. Each pigment is carefully selected and cultivated, resulting in a palette that reflects the natural beauty and distinct characteristics of your microbiome.


Embrace your natural essence with eyeshadows that not only enhance your features but also honor the intricate symbiosis between you and the world around you. Discover the beauty within, with Bio-Beauty.

Instructed by Yuping Hsu

Tools: C4D, Illustrator, Agar Powder, Bacteria, Laser Cutter

Section

01 | Branding

Section

02 | Process

Intro

1. collect

Collect bacteria from bodies and New York City.


2. Select

Select bacteria with different colors and textures, and transfer them into new agar plates.


3. Grow

Grow bacteria in agar platte.


Section

03 | Series

‘BODY ARCHIVE’


run! (feet)
black forest (sexual organs)
a slap in the face (faces)
entrance (mouths)
can you read palms? (hands)
every body (most common yellow one)


‘PICNIC IN MANHATTAN’

On the fifth tile on Fifth Ave
Under city sewer
@subwaycreatures
At 6:48 pm in Central Park
With subway rats
With lost pigeons


‘SO-CALLED ART’


No art, only artists (Ernst Gombrich)
15 minutes of fame (Andy Warhol)
Creativity takes courage (Henri Matisse)
I shut my eyes in order to see (Paul Gauguin)
Maybe being powerful means to be fragile (Ai Weiwei)
I am just another dot in the world (Kusama Yayoi)

Yixuan Liu

Brooklyn-based visual designer and creative technologist

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