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Gob launches mycelium-based earplugs

Gob is revolutionising the earplug market with a mycelium-based alternative that promises to eliminate the environmental impact of traditional disp...

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Biodesign fuses Pacific Islander craft with living materials

Lucid Life (known as Marama Ora in Tahitian) is a groundbreaking biodesign project that blends modern biotechnology with traditional Pacific Island...

Design : Sustainability : Fashion

Markets

Psychedelic Innovations

From new mental health treatments to thriving wellness tourism and functional foods, innovations in psychedelics are taking entire industries on a ...

Mental Health : Wellness : Psychedelic

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Dyson unveils mushroom-infused hair line to tackle frizzy hair

Dyson is venturing into the mushroom trend with its latest haircare line Chitosan, which features fungal chitosan derived from oyster mushrooms.

Beauty : Technology : Haircare

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Madalena Studio grows logo with live bacteria for Crucible

Madalena Studio has taken branding to a microbial level, creating a live bacterial logo for Crucible, a drinks laboratory and creative hub founded ...

Design : Biotechnology : Branding

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L’Oréal invests in Swiss longevity biotech company Timeline

Global beauty leader L’Oréal has made a strategic investment in Timeline, a Swiss consumer health biotech company specialising in longevity.

Beauty : Health : Wellness

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Start-up Retro Biosciences wants humans to live 10 years longer

Silicon Valley’s most secretive longevity start-up, Retro Biosciences, is finally pulling back the curtains after two years of operating in near se...

Luxury : Health & Wellness : Society

Design Directions

Synthesised Beauty

The visual language of conscious beauty is being redefined as the rise of biotechnology and digital innovation inspires creatives to re-imagine wha...

Beauty : Biotechnology : Digital

Big Ideas

Brand Innovation Debrief: Hæckels

With trailblazing in-house biotech and lab-grown ingredients, Hæckels is evolving into more than just a beauty brand.

Beauty : Sustainability : Technology

Big Ideas

Supermarkets in 2050

In just 30 years, we can expect supermarkets to facilitate bio-hacking, offer store-grown personalised foods and provide planet-friendly recommenda...

Food : Health : Wellness

Big Ideas

Five Luxury Fashion Brands Advancing Biotechnology

Luxury fashion houses are increasingly recognising the potential of biotechnology and experimenting with bio-textiles for a more sustainable future.

Fashion : Technology : Luxury

Viewpoints

Biotech can Drive Beauty beyond Plant-based Ingredient-sourcing

Jasmina Aganovic, CEO of Arcaea, explains how biotechnology can help source and develop more ethical and intelligent ingredients.

Beauty : Science : Technology

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Lululemon captures carbon to create eco-friendly fabrics

As part of its ongoing environmental efforts, activewear brand Lululemon is partnering with biotechnology company LanzaTech to recycle carbon emiss...

Technology : Sustainability : Sports & Leisure

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A regenerative desert escape for biohackers

Global architecture practice, Superficium Studio has conceptualised a modifiable commune for biohacker communities.

Technology : Media : Architecture

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Bolt Threads exchanges eco-leathers for brand expertise

Fashion brands Adidas, Lululemon, Kering and Stella McCartney team up with biotechnology start-up Bolt Threads to scale up Mylo mushroom leather.

Fashion : Sustainability : Biotechnology

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Scientists develop tattoos to monitor our health

The tattoo changes colour as certain properties in the blood spike or decline.

Technology : Health : Wellness

Viewpoints

Biodegradable data is starting to grow up

Monika Seyfried and Cyrus Clarke discuss their project Grow Your Own Cloud, a speculative service that helps consumers store their data – in the DN...

Technology : Health : Wellness

Viewpoints

Will biochips revolutionise finance and data-sharing?

Skin-embedded microchips will transform how we share data, gain access to spaces, travel and even protect our finances. Jowan Österlund, founder an...

Finance : Technology : Workplace

Big Ideas

Social capitalism and digital colonialism at Me Convention 2018

Speakers at this year’s Me Convention in Stockholm ruminated on our relationship with technology, Silicon Valley’s negative effects and why social ...

Female Futures : Sustainability : Biotechnology

Big Ideas

Bio-ink could radically change food labelling

Paul Yong and JJ Ismail, co-founders of Malaysian creative studio Aesthetid, discuss their project Honest Egg and how a preprogrammed ink has the p...

Food : Drink : Biotechnology

Big Ideas

Christina Agapakis on the beauty to be found in biotech design

Ginkgo Bioworks’ creative director explains how bacteria can be genetically engineered to create sustainable products that hold an aesthetic as wel...

Fashion : Biotechnology : Product Design

Big Ideas

Navigating the ethics of lab-grown materials

Designer Christina Haxholm discusses how synthetic biology can create a more sustainable fashion industry, and brands can help propel future uses.

Fashion : Biotechnology : Materials

Big Ideas

The material revolution at Milan's Salone 2018

From sound-emitting glass to food as an interface, Salone del Mobile 2018 showcased a host of new material innovations that could shape the future ...

Material : Biotechnology : Packaging

Big Ideas

Biofabricate: Review

At the annual summit for the emerging world of grown materials, speakers revealed how biotechnology is facilitating a new material revolution.

Biotechnology : Material Futures : New York

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Genetic garments

UK – Central Saint Martins graduate project Pure Human raises questions about the legal ownership of biological materials.

Pure Human : CSM Graduate Show 2016 : Biotechnology