Thursday, May 5, 2011

Suzanne Lee: Grow your own clothes | Video on TED.com

Suzanne Lee: Grow your own clothes | Video on TED.com



This is an interesting presentation of a new concept in fashion design. Suzanne Lee, director of BioCouture harnesses the power of bacteria to grow cellulose fiber based cloth. I can't help but think of the victimless leather jacket from Oron Catts and Ionat Zurr at the Tissue Culture & Art Project. 



Indigo dyed jacket shows a brilliant blue

The bacteria eats sugar and spins threads of cellulose!

Bio Kimono

Suzanne Lee, Director of BioCouture
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