# HOW WE MAKE: BIOGLASS WITH FAN KONG

HOW WE MAKE: BIOGLASS WITH FAN KONG at Cooper–Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Thursday 5 November 2026, 16:30.

- Venue: Cooper–Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, East 91st Street 2, New York
- Go to page: https://www.cooperhewitt.org/event/how-we-make-bioglass-with-fan-kong-11-05-2026/

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A hands-on workshop at the design museum exploring the language of materials through bioplastics and bioglass. It is led by Fan Kong, an interdisciplinary artist and educator based in Queens, New York City, whose practice includes biomaterial experimentation, installations, and public programs. Inspired by Gaetano Pesce's Nobody's Perfect chair, the session looks at how designers and scientists have reimagined materials as active, transformative systems. Participants learn to make kitchen-friendly bioplastics, visit the galleries, and create their own stained bioglass samples.

## Dates

- Thursday 5 November 16:30 — Cooper–Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Written by a model, sources: [cooperhewitt.org](https://www.cooperhewitt.org/event/how-we-make-bioglass-with-fan-kong-11-05-2026/)

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