Your Rotten Future Will Be Great

Maker Faire Bay Area 2018

May 18th-20th

Presentation Fashion

Find out how mushrooms can be used as alternatives to leather, plastics, and other problematic materials. MycoWorks' CTO Phil Ross will describe how they are growing sustainable textiles for industry, and the future of biological manufacturing.

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Phil Ross is the CTO and a Co-Founder of MycoWorks, a company that is growing leather from mushroom mycelium. Phil is a Scholar in Residence at Stanford University’s Department of Bioengineering, and an Artist In Residence with the BioBricks Foundation. His creative works have been featured at the Venice Biennale of Architecture, The Moscow Biennale, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. 

Categories: Fashion, Biology, Fabrication, Sustainability & Nature

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