Abstract

graphic design is largely dominated by flat, controlled, and static visual languages. This research explores an alternative approach by introducing living and evolving aesthetics inspired by natural systems. Nature, through the growth of microorganisms, bacteria, and molds, offers unpredictable visual behaviors, textures, and forms that challenge traditional design processes and outcomes. This study draws on a wide range of sources, including essays on biodesign, biology publications, podcasts, conferences, and an interview with a biodesigner. These theoretical references are combined with practical experimentation involving living organisms and mold cultures, used as generative visual tools rather than decorative elements. The research demonstrates that collaboration between graphic designers and biologists can lead to the creation of organic visuals that evolve, transform, or disappear over time. These unstable forms introduce randomness, temporality, and materiality into graphic design, allowing visuals to become expressive, sensitive, and alive. Such processes shift the designer’s role from total control to guided experimentation. Biodesign and biomimicry are presented as creative alternatives to conventional digital graphic design, offering new visual narratives rooted in growth, decay, and transformation. By integrating living systems into the design process, graphic design can move beyond static representation and embrace a more experimental, poetic, and meaningful visual language.