Clara Schmelter de Escobar is a London- and Berlin-based biodesigner working at the intersection of biotech, computational design, and digital fabrication.

She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Product Design from the University of the Arts Berlin and is currently studying a Master's in Bio-Integrated Design at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London.

Awards

2025 Winner iF Design Student Award with CARBOGEM

2025 Nominee German Design Awards Newcomer with CARBOGEM

2022. Winning Team “Samsung Solve for Tomorrow” with “Greentech Engeneers” https://news.samsung.com/de/gewinnerteams-von-solve-for-tomorrow-2022

exhibitions

2024 Part of Material Lab & Circular Experience exhibition at ISPO Munich 2024 with CARBOGEM https://studio-nima.com/projects/ispo-munich-2024

talks

2022. Annual Conference German Society of Arachnologists with ARACHNA, Naturkundemuseum Frankfurt am Main

Scholarships

2024-2026 DAAD Architectural Masters' - March Bio-ID, Bartlett School of Architecture, London

2024 DAAD via University of the Arts Berlin - Internship at Terreform ONE, New York City

2023 PROMOS, University of the Arts Berlin - Exchange at Art Center College of Design, Pasadena