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biofabrication

What if we could "grow" clothes from microbes, furniture from living organisms and buildings with exteriors like tree bark? Suzanne Lee shares exciting developments from the field of biofabrication and shows how it could help us replace major sources of waste, like plastic and cement, with sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives.

***TED talk

 

the growing pavilion: bio-materials

www./thegrowingpavilion.com/

The pavilion is unique in the way in which a large number of biobased materials, such as wood, hemp, mycelium, cattail and cotton, come together to form an extraordinary creation

The Growing Pavilion is a Biobased Creation of Company New Heroes and Dutch Design Foundation.
Design: Pascal Leboucq in collaboration with Krown.bio 
Concept : Pascal Leboucq – Lucas De Man – Biobased Creations | Company New Heroes

The Coral

 home algae farming

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2019

                                     

‘The Coral’ is an indoor micro-algae farm designed to rebuild a relationship with algae, critical for sustainability yet unappreciated part of nature, in our everyday lives. This wall-mounted bioreactor proposes a daily ritual for algae consumption for a sustainable alternative of nutritional diets. The Coral also highlights algae’s environmental benefits through a symbol of revitalizing coral from ‘coral bleaching.’ Besides, the representation augments an indoor experience, allowing us to welcome the algae farm at home for aesthetic purposes. The Coral suggests a socially acceptable way of bringing algae, which helps us take one step forward to a better sustainable way of living.

PRESS || FastCompany / Mashable / DWELL / Dezeen / Designboom / Core77 / Inhabitat / and more…

AWARD || Dezeen Awards 2019 Longlist / Design that Educates 2020 / INDUSTART 2019

EXHIBITION || Dutch Design Week 2019, Dubai Design Week 2019, Elle Deco Italia

Bio-tech: Mycelium

by https://www.mycoworks.com/

Kombucha: vegan "leather"

mushrooms, future & vegan leather

#Closed-loop process uses abundant, natural fibers to create 100‰ biodegradable materials, making this an infinitely renewable technology.

#A new kind of leather grown rapidly from mycelium and agricultural byproducts in a carbon-negative process. 

#Custom-engineered material is sustainable, versatile, and animal–free. Best of all, it feels and performs like leather.

#Mycelium can be grown in almost any kind of agriculture waste, including sawdust and pistachio shells. 

#MycoWorks inoculates it with the live culture of the reishi mushroom, which will feed off of anything, unlike other pickier mushrooms. 

#The mushrooms grow together within the material, which can be configured into any shape, forming natural polymers that adhere like glue.

# The material is then baked to kill the organisms, so that if it ever got wet, mushrooms wouldn’t start sprouting again.

Engineered to Perform
Versatile
Sustainable
Cost Competitive

This material is strong, flexible, and durable, just like conventional leathers. 

It is also water-resistant.

 And since it's made from natural fibers, it breathes and feels like leather.

This leather is uniquely customizable. 

Any textures and other features can be grown right into the material.

 And unlike animal hides, these materials can be grown to nearly any size and shape.

More info @ mycoworks