Julia Brière is a designer, researcher and artist from the United States. She explores how the interface of biology and design can redefine new approaches for future living and the built environment. Her practice integrates biofabrication techniques, living systems, and circular economy principles to create materials, products, and structures. She places a special emphasis on the creation of methodologies that can reshape the material landscape. Her work aims to steer the trajectory towards a sustainable future for both people and the planet.
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Education
Harvard University, Design Discovery, Architecture
Royal College of Art, MA Design Products
Pratt Institute, Sustainable Design Certificate
The New School, B.A Culture and Media, Dean Scholar
Publications
“Pratt Students Convert Everyday Waste into Viable Products and Materials”, Metropolis Magazine, September 2020
”Avocado Pit Bioplastic”, Materiom, February 2020
”Avocado Pit Composite”, Materiom, February 2020
”Reunion”, PICTURE BERLIN Catalogue, 2015
”Shift and Adjustment”, PICTURE BERLIN Catalogue, 2014
Awards
Material Lab Prize, Pratt Institute, Third Place, Exploration of bioplastics, August 2020
Residencies
2013 PICTURE BERLIN, Berlin, GER
Exhibitions
2023 Back of House, Cromwell Place Gallery, London Design Festival, London, UK
2019 Woman, KVARTIRNIK, Moscow, Russia
2018 Firing, BSC Studio, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Firing, Picture Farm Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Women Shoot Surf, June, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Reunion, Lehrter Siebzehn Gallery, Berlin, GER
2013 View From Here, Tête Gallery, Berlin, GER
2013 Shift and Adjustment, LoBe Gallery, Berlin, GER