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AWARDS
2025
British Council
Fashion, Textile & Technology Institute
University of the Arts London
New Landscape Phase 2
Grant Awardee
2024
The Worshipful Company of Dyers
Seed Capital Investment
Investee
Innovate UK
Global Business Innovation Programme
Circular Materials & Manufacturing
Japan
Awardee
British Council
Fashion, Textile & Technology Institute
University of the Arts London
New Landscape India R&D
Grant Awardee
EPSRC
Doctoral Mobility Scheme
Awardee
Innovate UK
Design Foundations
Awardee
2023
Innovate UK
Women In Innovation
Awardee
Innovation Voucher
Brunel University London
Awardee
2022
Innovate UK
Fast Start: Innovation
Funding Awardee
Cannes Lion
Gold Lion Winner
CO2AT
D&AD Award
Direct / Innovation
Creative Transformation / Planet
Graphite Pencil Winner
CO2AT
One Show Awards
Design
Gold Pencil Winner
CO2AT
2021
The Renaissance Awards
Technologically Balanced
Awardee
ADC*E Award
Design
Integrated & Innovation
Gold Award
Deutsche Bank Awards
for Creative Enterprise
London, UK
Finalist
2020
TATA Varsity Pitch
NACUE
London, UK
Creative & Design
Awardee
European Social Innovation
European Commissions
Reimagine Fashion
Finalist
RO Plastic Prize
Milan, Italy
Innovative Textiles
Awareness of Communication
Finalist
Creative Enterprise Award
University of Arts London
London, UK
Innovation Awardee
CommonVC
SolveSchool
London, UK
Impact-Driven Startup
Awardee
2019
OpenCell
Open Residency
London, UK
Resident
Bootstrap Charity
London, UK
Social Enterprise Bootcamp
2nd Prize
2018
BMW Group
A/D/O Water Futures Research
New York, US
Future Communication & Information
Finalist
“Going Green” Film
Radio Taiwan International
Taipei, TW
2nd Prize
2017
Kering Award for Sustainable Fashion
Stella McCartney
London, UK
Innovation Awardee
TALKS
2024
League of Artisans
Online
Create Bio-based Colours
by blending tradition & innovations
Panellist
2023
FranklinTill
London, UK
Colour Disruptors
Panellist
Future of Life
Karlsruhe, Germany
Elementals
Panellist
2022
Slow Factory
London, UK
Applied Utopia
Panellist
BMW
London, UK
Fowardism
Podcast
benk&bo
London, UK
Sustainability in Fashion
Panellist
Future Fabrics Expo
London, UK
Implementing Innovations
Panellist
HQI
London, UK
Future Fashion Matters
Panellist
2021
Global Community BioSummit
Massachusetts, US
Develop Sustainable Processes through
Inter-species Collaborations
Panellist
Climate Con
New York, US
Reimagine our Future, Starting with Design
Panellist
COP26
The Decarbonisation Summit
Glasgow, UK
Fashion & Retail
Panellist
Global Design Forum
London Design Festival
London, UK
Design Hybrid:
Transdisciplinary Approach to Design
Panellist
Institute of Positive Fashion
London Fashion Week
London, UK
Future of Fashion:
Innovation for Climate Action
Panellist
FranklinTill & G.F.Smith
London, UK
Colour of Longevity
Panellist
2020
Future Fabrics Expo
London, UK
Embedding Innovation in the Fashion Supply Chain
Panellist
Fashion Revolution
Zurich, CH
Interview
2019
Society of Dyers & Colourists
London, UK
Sustainability in Fashion & Textiles
Panellist
Central Saint Martins
London, UK
PhotoBioReactor
Lecture
Royal College of Art
London, UK
BioDesign X Post Carbon Lab
Lecture & Workshop
The Immersive Kind Collective
London, UK
The Sustainable Ethical Human
Panellist
Open Cell
London, UK
Bio Colours
Panellist
2018
London Design Festival
London, UK
Design & Materials
Panellist
Natural History Museum
London, UK
Art & Science Group
Panellist
Kering
London, UK
Kering Lab Day
Panellist
2017
Adayana Initiative
London, UK
Toxic Threads: Dark Side oF Fashion
Panellist
EXHIBITIONS
2024
British Council India
New Delhi, India
Making Matters
Climate Positive Microbial Colours
London Design Festival
London, UK
WellMade
Parsons Lloyd
Microbial Colours
Future Fabrics Expo
London, UK
New York, US
Climate Positive Microbial Colours
Summer Palette
2023
DesignTalks
Iceland Design Week
Reykjavik, Iceland
Post Carbon Lab
Future of Life
Karlsruhe University of Arts & Design
Karlsruhe, Germany
EarthLab
Future Fabrics Expo
Magazine London
London, UK
Post Carbon Colours
Open Studio
Poplar Works
London, UK
Post Carbon Lab
2022
Future Fabrics Expo
The Sustainable Angle
London, UK
Bioprinting
Kleur Bekennen
Fair Fashion Fest
Design Fest Gent
Industriemuseum
Ghent, Belgium
Microbial Portrait
Pure Oxygen
Architect@Work
London, UK
Photosynthetic Coating™️
Machine-A
Olivia Rubens
London, UK
Photosynthesize
2021
COP26
Glasgow, UK
CO2AT
The Lab E20
Future Fabrics Expo
London, UK
Post Carbon Lab
Surface Tension Exhibition
Online/Global
Post Carbon Fashion
Future Fabrics Expo
The Sustainable Angle
London, UK
CO2AT
Innovation Showcase
Positive Fashion Forum
London Fashion Week
London, UK
Post Carbon Lab
2020
Future Fabrics Expo
The Sustainable Angle
London, UK
Photosynthesis Coating
ChangeNOW Summit
The Sustainable Angle
Paris, FR
Photosynthesis Coating
2019
Balenciaga
Internal Event
The Sustainable Angle
Paris, FR
Photosynthesis Coating
Kering
Internal Event
The Sustainable Angle
Paris, FR
Photosynthesis Coating
Biodesign Here Now
London Design Festival
London, UK
Bacterial Pigment Dyeing & Photosynthesis Coating
Water Futures Design Challenge
A/D/O
New York, US
OPACIFY: Design Nudges for Sustainable Consumption
Global Community Bio Summit
MIT Media Lab
Boston, US
DIY-PhotoBioReactor
Design Research for Change
London Design Festival
London, UK
Positive, Neutral and Negative Angles of Sustainability Communication
University of Antwerp
Antwerp, BE
Liminality: Life Design
EcoFutures Festival
London, UK
SF*Transplant Workshop
The Infinite Wheel of Time
London, UK
Find Your Liquids!
2018
London Design Festival
London, UK
Design Nudges for Sustainable Consumption
London Fashion Week F/W
London, UK
Post Carbon Fashion
University of Antwerp
Antwerp, BE
Re-ACT by Design: Imaginarium
Fashion for Sustainability
British Embassy in France
Paris, FR
Design Nudges for Sustainable Consumption
Future Fabrics Expo
London, UK
Post Carbon Fashion
Primer Conference
San Francisco, US
Skinvex presents: OIL_VEX
2017
On &/ Off the Grid
Amsterdam, NL
Hackers & Designers Academy
Micro_Micro
Toynbee Studios
London, UK
2067: Future Food
PUBLICATIONS
2024
KNACK
De Klimaatoptimisten
Fotosynthetische kledij in de maak
2022
Sustainable Thinking
Salvatore Ferragamo
Contributor's Angle: Post Carbon Lab
2021
Financial Times
How To Spend It?
Inside the London lab making climate-action clothes
2020
The Observer
The Guardian
Do you have it in green?
The living fabrics that can help clean the air
2019
Proceedings of Global Fashion Conference
Centre for Sustainable Fashion
Climate Positive Fashion Futures: Sustainability Upgraded
2018
Clothing Cultures Special Issue
Fashion & Sustainability Volume 5, Issue 1
Micro and Macro Approaches to
Sustainability in Fashion and Design
