Suzanne Lee
TED Fellow | Pioneering Biofabricated Fashion Materials
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Suzanne Lee is a fashion designer turned biofabrication pioneer. As a TED Fellow, she is nurturing a global community of innovators growing sustainable materials.
Lee's work challenges the fashion industry to rethink traditional textile production, showcasing how biology can be harnessed to grow the clothes of the future. Her provocative talks explore the intersection of design, technology, and environmental responsibility, inspiring audiences to reimagine what's possible.
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Why "biofabrication" is the next industrial revolution
What if we could "grow" clothes from microbes, furniture from living organisms and buildings with exteriors like tree bark? TED Fellow 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.
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