Alex Amir Khan is a designer, artist, and researcher working between Switzerland, Mexico, and Brazil. His work brings together art, design, material research, and historical inquiry in a single methodology in which artistic experimentation, fieldwork, and collaborative making develop side by side.

Since 2013, Khan has worked extensively with natural latex, treating it both as an artistic medium and as a biomaterial shaped by ecological, social, and historical conditions. His practice combines hands-on material development with research into craft traditions, industrial histories, and knowledge systems formed outside dominant centers of production.

Across artistic production, material studies, and applied translations, he combines natural rubber with textiles, organic fibers, natural dyes, and other biomaterials through long-term collaborations in Mexico, Brazil, and Switzerland. His work has received multiple grants and awards for contributions to experimental material practice and innovation across art and design.

Within LATX Biomaterials, artistic research, material prototyping, and design-oriented development operate in parallel as part of a shared inquiry. LATX Biomaterials functions as a biomaterial label that develops and distributes multiple material systems based on four distinct biomaterials, translating long-term artistic, material, and historical research into applied material propositions while remaining grounded in their original contexts and material conditions.

In Switzerland, Khan collaborates with the IfTF – Institut für Textiles Forschen Basel, where he conducts material research and leads workshops focused on experimental material practice, historical material investigation, and collaborative fabrication methods.

In 2025, he co-founded HeveaHub with Katia Fagundes and co-curated an exhibition at the Museo Textil de Oaxaca, exploring dialogues between traditional rainwear, historical rubber practices, and contemporary latex-based applications. Extending through 2026, HeveaHub operates as a transcontinental platform connecting Switzerland, Mexico, and Brazil through material research, cultural exchange, and collaborative making.