research methods: how to study algae as a material?

0. am i a designer?

1. read pop science book on algae

2. grow spirulina at home

3. trip to swamp area

(3. bonus: join algae yarn making workshop)

5. sci-fi writing project

factory squat (“monastery”), algae radicchio, memes, PFAS, global internet collapse + scavenged computers and networks, blowing up Venice, rewilding swamps and canals, water-based transportation, trans-monstruosity, distributed high pollution ... set twenty years in the future.

summary

method activity effect next
reading reading pop science book glossary of technical terms study technical books
growing growing spirulina basic hands-on knowledge setup proper lab?, improve skills
observing trip to the swamps connection to the territory field work, GIS software
writing sci-fi story stream of ideas production writing ↔ new topics, start sharing text?

shoutout to juncus effusus