Suzanne Lee: BIOFABRICATE

Species Unite

elizabeth novogratz

Society & Culture, Philosophy

5 • 911 Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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“Wouldn't it be amazing if you went into Nike Town and the same pair of shoes or the same style [but]each pair was different because it had been grown and was not the result of a plastic, you know, a plastic polymer or an animal that had been so heavily finished that they all look the same. That, or me, would be mind blowing, where you and I could have the same handbag, but they're from the same brand, in the same shape, it's the exact same model, but the material is slightly different on every single one, like the leaves on a tree.” – Suzanne Lee

Suzanne Lee is the Founder & CEO of BIOFABRICATE, a global network that serves the needs of bio innovators, which are material makers, consumer brands and investors. BIOFABRICATE is where design meets biology.

Suzanne is a pioneer in this space. She started growing materials from microbes for the fashion industry in 2022, coining the term 'Biocouture™'.

She is also the author of Fashioning the Future: Tomorrow’s Wardrobe. She is a special advisor to Parley For The Oceans, The Mills Fabrica and Fashion for Good on biomaterials, a TED Senior Fellow, and a Launch Material Innovator - an initiative of NASA, Nike, USAID and the US State Department. Formerly Suzanne was the Chief Creative Officer of Modern Meadow, a biomaterials start-up in New York (2014-2019).

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0:00.0	Special species.
0:09.2	United United.
0:12.2	Wouldn't it be amazing if you went into Nike town and the same pair of shoes or the same
0:19.2	style each pair was different because it had been grown and was not the result of a
0:27.3	plastic you know a plastic polymer or an animal that had been so heavily finished that they all look the same. That for me would be mind-blowing, right, where you and I could have the same handbag, but they're from the same brand in the same shape you know it's the exact same model
0:45.0	but the material is slightly different on every single one like the leaves on a tree tree.
1:05.9	Novigrats, this is Species Unite. We have a favor to ask if you like today's episode and you have a spare minute, could you please rate and review Species
1:10.9	Unite on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to Podcasts. It really helps people to find the show. This conversation is with Suzanne Lee.
1:25.0	Suzanne is the founder and CEO of Biofabricate.
1:30.0	Biofabricate is where design meets biology.
1:33.3	They are a global network that serves the needs
1:35.5	of bio innovators, which are material makers,
1:38.6	consumer brands, and investors.
1:41.4	Suzanne is a pioneer in this space.
1:44.1	She started growing materials from microbes for the fashion industry in 2002.
1:49.0	And she coined the term Biocature.
1:51.4	She's also the author of Fashioning the Future, Tomorrow's Wardrobe. Hi Suzanne, hey Beth, thank you so much for meeting me here at this beautiful studio in Gowanus.
2:17.2	I'm really excited to talk to you. Well thank you so much for inviting me and thank you for coming
2:21.3	all the way to Gow on us to do this.
2:23.2	We talk about next gen sometimes on the show and we talk about materials, but I feel like there's so
2:28.6	much confusion with what bio materials are, what next gen materials are. But first we're going to talk about you because you've been doing it and talking about it and doing it longer than anyone I know of.
2:41.2	So let's go to that and how all this started.
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