Austeja Platukyte is a creative researcher from Lithuania working in between the disciplines of material design and science, technology and craft. Austeja is a Ph.D. candidate of design and Biomaterials Design lecturer at the Vilnius Academy of Arts, a pioneer of material design and Zero Waste philosophy in Lithuania, and a founder of the first sustainable materials collection in Lithuania, called Biomaterials Library, as well as the owner of the newly established Lithuanian startup SEAWEED FOAM. Austeja is participating in various material-related projects, attending the residencies abroad and continuously giving talks about her creative practice and academic approach in the international conferences.
