infocus #13 March 2009 Domestic Science

Heather Barnett's microscopy inspired interior designs

DOI: 10.22443/rms.inf.1.41

Throughout her career, artist Heather Barnett has been developing creative collaborations with the natural world. Since 2000 her intriguing interior designs have bought microscopy into the public realm, engaging audiences with science in surprising locations. Now, under the umbrella of microdesigns she plans to broaden the appeal of hidden microscopic worlds.

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Heather Barnett

Heather Barnett is an artist interested in biological systems and scientific processes. With interests ranging across medicine, psychology, perception and visualisation, projects have included microbial portraiture, cellular wallpapers, performing cuttlefish and edible installations. She has exhibited widely in art galleries, science museums and public spaces, including the V&A, and the Science Museum, and has work in the permanent collection of The Wellcome Trust. She has been Artist in Residence in diverse organisations including hospital pathology departments, satellite mapping companies and museums, and has held Research Fellowships at the University of Sussex (School of Life Sciences, Metamorphosis & Design, 2003-4) and London School of Economics (Institute of Social Psychology, ReCollect, 2006-8). Recently Heather established micro-designs, a commercial arm for her microscopy inspired wallpaper creations, you can see her Cellular Wallpapers now on show in Selfridges in London. She is currently engaged in a creative collaboration with slime mold and leading an interdisciplinary art, science and parkour project exploring fear and urban territory.