KATE REED
Designer
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TEXTILES
9 featured works

Violacein

Violacein
Biology • Biodesign • 2021

A naturally occurring bacterial pigment cultivated for textile dyeing, offering an antibiotic alternative to synthetic dyes with a distinctive purple hue.

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Glitch Sensorium

Glitch Sensorium
Robotics • Digital Fabrication • 2023

A thermal weather oracle that translates environmental data into ephemeral heat patterns on nichrome heat-sensitive material.

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Mended

Mended
Biology • Biodesign • 2021

A fully functional textile garment cultivated from living organisms over ten days, creating a self-knit structure that is entirely biodegradable.

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Bioplastics

Bioplastics
Biology • Biodesign • 2020

An experimental series of biodegradable materials created from organic waste, exploring bio-resin, bio-foil, and bio-plastic as sustainable alternatives to petroleum-based polymers.

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Cocoon

Cocoon
Wearable • Digital Fabrication • 2015

A transformative wearable shroud constructed from laser-cut wood, exploring themes of mortality, spirituality, and metamorphosis through repetitive religious iconography.

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Antlers

Antlers
Wearable • Digital Fabrication • 2014

A wearable sculptural piece exploring the duality of armor and attraction in modern courtship rituals, constructed entirely from laser-cut plywood.

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Textile 3D Printing

Textile 3D Printing
Textiles • Digital Fabrication • 2020

An experimental series exploring direct 3D printing onto textile substrates, creating flexible structures that move with fabric while adding dimensional reinforcement.

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Natural Dyes

Natural Dyes
Biology • Textiles • 2020

A comprehensive study extracting pigments from botanical and insect sources, exploring how mordants and modifiers create over 243 unique colorways on natural fiber textiles.

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Plant Tissue

Plant Tissue
Biology • Biodesign • 2022

Living plant tissue cultures grown in vitro without hormone exposure, developing into undifferentiated forms that are neither root nor shoot.

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