AWARDS

 

2022
 

Cannes Lion

Gold Lion Winner

CO2AT

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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

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Deutsche Bank Awards
for Creative Entreprise
London, UK

Finalist

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2020

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TATA Varsity Pitch

NACUE

London, UK

Creative & Design

Awardee

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European Social Innovation

European Commissions

Reimagine Fashion

Finalist

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RO Plastic Prize

Milan, Italy

Innovative Textiles
Awareness of Communication

Finalist

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Creative Enterprise Award
University of Arts London

London, UK

Innovation Awardee

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CommonVC

SolveSchool

London, UK

Impact-Driven Startup

Awardee

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2019

Open Cell

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

 

~ 2016

 

Les Enphants Childrenswear

Taipei, TW
1st Prize

 

Shih Chien Fashion Week

Taipei, TW
Best Performance Award

 

Taiwan International Science Fair

Taichung, TW

Optical Physics

First Prize

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TALKS
 

2022

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BMW
London, UK

Fowardism

Podcast

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benk&bo
London, UK

Sustainability in Fashion

Panellist

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Future Fabrics Expo
London, UK

Implementing Innovations

Panellist

 

2021

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Global Community BioSummit

Massachusetts, US
Develop Sustainable Processes through
Inter-species Collaborations​

Panellist

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Climate Con
New York, US

Reimagine our Future, Starting with Design

Panellist

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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​

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2020

Future Fabrics Expo
London, UK

Embedding Innovation in the Fashion Supply Chain

Panellist

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Fashion Revolution
Zurich, CH

Interview​

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2019

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Society of Dyers & Colourists

London, UK

Sustainability in Fashion & Textiles

Panellist

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Central Saint Martins

London, UK
PhotoBioReactor

Lecture

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Royal College of Art

London, UK

BioDesign X Post Carbon Lab

Lecture & Workshop

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The Immersive Kind Collective

London, UK

The Sustainable Ethical Human

Panellist

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Open Cell

London, UK

Bio Colours

Panellist

​

2018

​

London Design Festival

London, UK

Design & Materials

Panellist

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Natural History Museum
London, UK

Art & Science Group

Panellist

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Kering

London, UK

Kering Lab Day

Panellist

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2017

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Adayana Initiative

London, UK

Toxic Threads: Dark Side oF Fashion

Panellist

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EXHIBITIONS

 

2022

​

Future Fabrics Expo

The Sustainable Angle
London, UK

Bioprinting

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Kleur Bekennen
Fair Fashion Fest
Design Fest Gent
Industriemuseum
Ghent, Belgium

Microbial Portrait

 

Pure Oxygen

Architect@Work

London, UK
Photosyntehtic Coating™️

Machine-A

Olivia Rubens

London, UK

Photosynthesize

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2021

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COP26

Glasgow, UK

CO2AT

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The Lab E20
Future Fabrics Expo
London, UK

Post Carbon Lab

 

Surface Tension Exhibition

Online/Global

Post Carbon Fashion

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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

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ChangeNOW Summit

The Sustainable Angle
Paris, FR

Photosynthesis Coating

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2019

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Balenciaga

Internal Event

The Sustainable Angle

Paris, FR

Photosynthesis Coating

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Kering

Internal Event

​The Sustainable Angle

Paris, FR

Photosynthesis Coating

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Biodesign Here Now

London Design Festival

London, UK

Bacterial Pigment Dyeing & Photosynthesis Coating

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Water Futures Design Challenge

A/D/O

New York, US

OPACIFY: Design Nudges for Sustainable Consumption

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Global Community Bio Summit

MIT Media Lab

Boston, US

DIY-PhotoBioReactor

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Design Research for Change

London Design Festival

London, UK

Positive, Neutral and Negative Angles of Sustainability Communication

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University of Antwerp

Antwerp, BE

Liminality: Life Design

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EcoFutures Festival

London, UK

SF*Transplant Workshop

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The Infinite Wheel of Time

London, UK

Find Your Liquids!

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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

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Primer Conference
San Francisco, US
Skinvex presents: OIL_VEX

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2017

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On &/ Off the Grid

Amsterdam, NL
Hackers & Designers Academy

 

Micro_Micro

Toynbee Studios

London, UK
2067: Future Food

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PUBLICATIONS

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2022

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Sustainable Thinking

Salvatore Ferragamo

Contributor's Angle: Post Carbon Lab

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2021

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Financial Times

How To Spend It?

Inside the London lab making climate-action clothes

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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

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2018
 

Clothing Cultures Special Issue

Fashion & Sustainability Volume 5, Issue 1

Micro and Macro Approaches to

Sustainability in Fashion and Design

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