Simbiotekdesignlab.com - Simbiotek is the product of two designers,
Hayley and Hunter, who met while studying architecture and environmental
design at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona,
California. They currently live and work in San Diego holding
professional expertise and experience in public architecture,
advanced rapid prototyping fabrication, bridge and public crossing facilities and private residential
design.Simbiotek explores design at the juncture of architecture, art, and product design. We are advocates of biomimcry, a path to explore the natural world in order to form
integrated design solutions. Each of our wearable pieces are digitally designed
and hand crafted after fabrication with a laser cutting machine, CNC mill or
three-dimensional printer. We strive to form an ethos
of environmentally influenced design, bringing awareness to the fragile symbiotic
relationships in degrading ecosystems and human populations around the
world. Our designs are inspired by unique biological and cultural formations, often having an interactive component and
reinterpreting traditional forms of human expression – like jewelry,
carving, or textile patterns – into modern representations. We focus on
utilizing modern fabrication methods like rapid prototyping that allow for a high-quality
output that improves the functionality of our designs.
Simbiotek Design Lab was co-founded in 2011. Study nature, love nature, it will never fail you. -Frank Lloyd Wright