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Biofabrication: A Circular Future for Fashion

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Future+ Summit of the Future Talk Series

A circular future for fashion

Join Biofabricate’s Head of Design Intelligence, Dr. Amy Congdon plus special guests Dr. Geraldine Brennan, Programme Manager at Circuléire and Maurizio Montalti, Co-founder & Director of R&D at MOGU, explore the world of biofabrication and how a new breed of companies are growing materials using living organisms.

This session dove into how these new materials can help us on a path to true sustainability, and ultimately a circular model of consumption.

About the Host:

Amy is a designer by training who has been working and researching in the field of biofabrication for over 10 years.  She holds an MA in Material Futures and a PhD from the celebrated design school Central Saint Martins in London.
Amy is currently Head of Design Intelligence at BIOFABRICATE, a global network serving the needs of biomaterial innovators, investors, and consumer brands. Biofabricate’s vision is ‘A sustainable material world. Built with biology, not oil’.
Supported by Accenture’s The Dock, this event is part of our Future+ 2021 Summit of the Future virtual talk series where we bring together exciting new voices from the worlds of science, arts, design & technology. Meet the people inventing and designing the future of how we live, work, and play.  

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