Ruta Vronevskyte is a designer and researcher working across sustainable and regenerative material design, with a focus on biomaterials, post-human design, and material ecologies of care. 

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Combines research, material experimentation, and speculative design to explore how living and biodegradable materials, such as mycelium, bacterial cellulose, and bioplastics, can be integrated into systems of healthcare, fashion, and the built environment.

Practice

Reach out via biostudio.ruta@gmail.com

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    • VACMA Bursary Award

      2024 - Visual Artist and Craft Maker Award, Scotland.

    • Clason-Harvie Bursary

      2023 - Awarded to the highest achieving student in the School of Design, University of Edinburgh

    • Feature in Dezeen

      2023 - Feature in the world’s most influential design magazine

    • A CMS Future Design Star Prize Shortlisted Candidate

      2023 - New Designers - the annual showcase of the UK’s most innovative emerging design talent

    • Hallmark Award Shortlisted Candidate

      2023 - New Designers - the annual showcase of the UK’s most innovative emerging design talent

    • Sustainable Colour Award

      2023 - Society of Dyers and Colourists.

    • Colour Award

      2023 - Worshipful Company of Dyers.

    • Bradford Textiles Society Award

      2022 - Mixed Media Category

    • 2025 April - Edinburgh Science Festival - Operation Biodegradable, Inspace Gallery, Edinburgh, United Kigdom

    • 2024 April - Fashion Revolution Week -Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain

    • 2024 April - Edinburgh Science Festival -National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh , United Kigdom

    • 2024 November - ArtxScience - La Brea, Los Angeles, USA

    • 2023 July - New Designers - London, United Kingdom

    • Edinburgh College of Art, The University of Edinburgh

    • Biodesign Symposium, New York, USA

    • Domus Academy, Milan, Italy

    • Certificate - Industrial Biotechnology - University of Manchester

    • Certificate - Introduction to Material Sciences - Arizona State University

    • Textiles Design - Edinburgh College of Art - The University of Edinburgh

Shaping new material futures

Shaping new material futures