BIOfutures | in conversation
Exploring the Future of Bio-Fashion
The second instalment of BIOfutures continues to explore cutting-edge developments in biodesign, biomaterials, and biotechnology. Hosted by our founder, Dr. Melissa Sterry, the series features thought-provoking discussions with leading researchers, designers, and innovators shaping the future of fashion and textiles. Through engaging conversations, guests including Professor Carole Collet, Asst. Prof. Veronica Ranner, and Ass. Prof. Charlotte McCurdy discuss how biomaterials, biosensing, and biofabrication are redefining sustainability and innovation in apparel and accessories. Topics range from intelligent textiles that enhance wellbeing to biomaterials inspired by traditional craftsmanship. From ethical considerations to pioneering material systems, each episode delves into transformative ideas at the intersection of biology and design. BIOfutures Series II captures the pulse of this rapidly evolving field, offering insight into how emerging bio-technologies are shaping a regenerative future. Missed an episode? Revisit the recordings to stay ahead in the biofutures movement.
Series II Episode IX 2023
BIOfutures | In conversation with Dr. Melissa Sterry and Rosie Broadhead
In this BIOfutures session, Dr. Melissa Sterry and Rosie Broadhead discuss how research at the edge of biomaterials science suggests apparel and accessories might evolve to help monitor and mitigate health and wellbeing issues.
Series II Episode VIII 2023
BIOfutures | In conversation with Dr. Melissa Sterry and Paige Perillat-Piratoine
How might emerging bio sensing and bioenergy concepts converge with biomaterials to catalyse a new generation of material systems? In this BIOfutures session Dr. Melissa Sterry and Paige Perillat -Piratoine discuss how leading-edge research across these fields suggests materials we use in apparel and accessories may evolve to become truly life-like, and in the process help address critical issues of the environment.
Series II Episode VII 2023
BIOfutures | In conversation with Dr. Melissa Sterry and Veronica Ranner
In this BIOfutures session Dr. Melissa Sterry and Veronica Ranner discuss how leading-edge developments in biomaterials, biodesign, and biotechnology are opening up new ideas in how we address critical issues of both human and environmental health?
Series II Episode VI 2023
BIOfutures | In conversation with Dr. Melissa Sterry and Hannah Hansell
Biomaterials, biodesign, and biofabrication present possibilitiesboth potent and profound for the future of fashion and textiles. In this BIOfutures session Dr. Melissa Sterry and Hannah Hansell discuss some of the opportunities and risks, including issues of ethics at the level of both society and environment.
Series II Episode V 2023
BIOfutures | In conversation with Dr. Melissa Sterry and Piero D'Angelo
Situated at the interface of human and non-human systems, working with biomaterials, biodesign, and bio fabrication involves co-creating with other organisms and the assemblies they form. In this BIOfutures session, Dr. Melissa Sterry and Piero D'Angelo discuss both the opportunities and challenges of designing with Nature, and how these fast-emerging fields are shaping the edge of fashion today, and its possible futures.
Series II Episode IV 2023
BIOfutures | In conversation with Dr. Melissa Sterry and Professor Carole Collet
Biomaterials present compelling possibilities in apparel and accessory design, production, and retail. Once siloed approaches to the business of fashion are being replaced by ecosystems of expertise with the collective agency to tackle critical sustainability issues. In this BIOfutures session, Dr. Melissa Sterry and Prof. Carole Collet discuss how leading-edge research and development suggests some seminal biomaterial concepts may shape the future of fashion.
Series II Episode III 2023
BIOfutures | In conversation with Dr. Melissa Sterry and Surzhana Radnaeva
How, when integrated with ancient aesthetics and traditional craftsmanship, might biomaterials be used to create fashion that's as timeless as it is sustainable? Looking back to look forward, in this BIOfutures session Dr. Melissa Sterry and Surzhana Radnaeva discuss how slow fashion may be one of our fastest routes to addressing some critical environmental and social injustice issues.
Series II Episode II 2023
BIOfutures | In conversation with Dr. Melissa Sterry and Angela Hoitink
In this, the second session in BIOfutures series II, Dr. Melissa Sterry and Angela Hoitink discuss how innovation at the edge of biodesign, biomaterials, and biomanufacturing present compelling and scaleable ways to make the global fashion and textile industries more sustainable. Topics included in their conversation include how, collectively, these fields are enabling a paradigmatic shift in how we create, make, and consume apparel and accessories.
Series II Episode I 2023
BIOfutures | In conversation with Dr. Melissa Sterry and Charlotte McCurdy
How are pioneering ideas, innovations, and inventions in biomaterials and biodesign presenting compelling new ways to mitigate complex environmental problems associated with apparel and accessories design, production, and retail, including plastics pollution and carbon emissions?
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biomaterials • biodesign • biocomputing • biomimetics • bioengineering • biophilia • biomanufacturing • bionics • biotechnology •
