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All talks by Natsai Audrey Chieza
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This talk explores the intersection of biotechnology, design, and sustainability through the lens of Natsai Audrey Chieza's pioneering work. Chieza shares her innovative approach to harnessing the power of microbes to create sustainable materials and transform the fashion industry.
Biodesigner Natsai Audrey Chieza prototypes the future, imagining a world where people and nature can thrive together. In this wildly imaginative talk, she shares the vision behind her innovation lab, which works at the intersection of nature, technology and society to create sustainable materials and models for the future. Chieza invites us to consider what kind of world we wish for -- and what systemic changes and collaborations need to happen for it to exist.
Discover how designer Natsai Audrey Chieza leverages biotechnology to create sustainable dyes, weaving a future where nature and technology coexist harmoniously to address the fashion industry's environmental impact.
Natsai Audrey Chieza is a designer on a mission -- to reduce pollution in the fashion industry while creating amazing new things to wear. In her lab, she noticed that the bacteria Streptomyces coelicolor makes a striking red-purple pigment, and now she's using it to develop bold, color-fast fabric dye that cuts down on water waste and chemical runoff, compared with traditional dyes. And she isn't alone in using synthetic biology to redefine our material future; think -- "leather" made from mushrooms and superstrong yarn made from spider-silk protein. We're not going to build the future with fossil fuels, Chieza says. We're going to build it with biology.