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This journal is an ongoing log of our collective movement — a record of the people, projects and ideas that inspire our mission and move us forward. To keep up with the latest, check in here, follow our social media channels and subscribe to our weekly newsletter, Wavelengths.
Meet the designer using mycelium in fashion and interior design to help us understand that death is a part of life
Maurizio Montalti is the cofounder of SQIM, a company on a mission to harness the power of mushrooms, collaborating with nature to design a fungal future.
SKY HIGH FARM: WHERE FASHION MEETS FOOD IN UPSTATE NEW YORK
Sky High Farm is a non-profit, a regenerative farm, a fashion label and recently, a Parley collaborator.
Meet the designer making luxury fashion from seafood waste AND mushrooms
We catch up with Uyen Tran, who reflects on her upbringing on the coast of Vietnam and time working in New York, foundations that inspired her to launch TômTex with the aim to design the future.
Redesigning in Sri Lanka
Our team in Sri Lanka recently collaborated with the Academy of Design in Colombo on a new project exploring critical ocean issues and the role young designers can play in creating solutions.
Modern Synthesis is the biotechnology company creating fashion with bacteria
We visited the Modern Synthesis lab in London to get a firsthand look at the products that they’re making using K.rhaeticus bacteria and learn more about their journey into the fashion industry.
How Sway is using seaweed to replace single-use plastic
We speak to Julia Marsh about her journey as a designer making ‘beautiful trash’ to being a CEO revolutionizing toxic food packaging.
The Unseen is revolutionizing the beauty industry using upcycled algae biomass
We speak to material scientist Lauren Bowker about why we need to be able to visualize the world that’s all around us, what alchemy means to her and her new pigment Algae Black.
How sustainable aviation fuel will help humanity fly into the future
We speak to AIR COMPANY founder Greg Constantine about SAF, learning from nature to create new technologies and the mission to end extinction.
This plant produces the strongest fiber in the world – and the fabric of the future
We speak to Hannes Schoenegger about Bananatex’s mission, how fashion can play a role in averting the climate crisis and why optimism is key.
REPORT: UNDERSTANDING “BIO” MATERIAL INNOVATIONS
A new report from Biofabricate and Fashion For Good provides a bio-materials primer for the fashion industry
The Biofabricators: Algix
Ahead of the 2018 Biofabricate summit, we caught up with Algix – pioneers in turning algae blooms into plastic-free alternatives that biodegrade.
The Biofabricators: Mobius
We catch up with Jeff Beegle of Mobius to find out more about how natural materials and polymers can combine to create plastic alternatives.
The Biofabricators: Geltor
With Biofabricate 2018 just around the corner, we speak with Geltor about how the future of beauty and wellbeing will come from bioreactors, not the oceans.
The Biofabricators: Ecovative
Plastic, your time is up. We reached out to Ecovative to learn more about their pioneering work with one of nature’s most incredible builders: fungi.
The Biofabricators: AlgiKnit
Inspiration from the deep. We catch up with AlgiKnit to learn how they’re transforming sustainable kelp into biodegradable yarn.