Could we grow our furniture and buildings from living organisms?
In short: Explore the disruptive potential of biofabrication, a field where design meets the building blocks of life to create sustainable alternatives to plastic and cement.
TED Fellow Suzanne Lee explores how biofabrication allows us to grow materials like clothing from microbes or create structures with exteriors resembling tree bark. This technology aims to replace major waste sources with eco-friendly alternatives.
Lee, a fashion designer turned pioneer, also served as the chief creative officer for Modern Meadow, a New York-based biotech startup. There, she worked on growing collagen to manufacture animal-free bioleather materials.
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- Summary by Intellect · source: Why "biofabrication" is the next industrial revolution | Suzanne Lee | TED
- Also: Suzanne Lee | Speaker | TED
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