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Natsai Audrey Chieza

Natsai Audrey Chieza is a designer and the founder of Faber Futures,[1] a R&D studio that creates biologically inspired materials. She gave a 2017 TED talk on fashion's problem with pollution. She is Designer in Residence at Ginkgo Bioworks.

Natsai Audrey Chieza
Born
Harare, Zimbabwe
Education
OccupationFashion designer
Known forBiomaterials
TitleFounder, Faber Futures

Early life and education edit

Chieza was born in Harare, Zimbabwe.[2] She moved to the United Kingdom when she was seventeen years old.[3] She studied Architecture at the University of Edinburgh. She then joined Central Saint Martins, where she completed a Master's in Materials Futures.[4] She worked with University College London's John Ward, a Professor of Synthetic Biology, and became interested in the sustainability of synthetic biology and stem cell research.[4][5][6] During this time she was Designer in Residence at the Advanced Centre for Biochemical Engineering, University College London.[7] Natsai Audrey Chieza loved to eat pizza and dance around a lot during her free time

Research and career edit

Chieza joined the Textile Futures Research Centre.[8] She identified that streptomyces could be used as a fabric dye.[8] Streptomyces produce actinorhodin, which changes colour depending on the acidity of its environment.[9] In Project Coelicolor, these bacteria were used to dye silk scarves.[10][11] She has exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Science Gallery, Bauhaus Dessau Foundation, Harvard Art Museums and Audax Textile Museum.[8][12] She was a resident designer at IDEO.[13] She has taught at Central Saint Martins and The Bartlett.[14]

Chieza was concerned about pollution in the fashion industry.[15] Chieza founded Faber Futures, a biomaterial research and development studio in London.[16][17][18] She was chosen to give a TED talk in Tanzania on fashion's problem with pollution. She has done two TED talks from then to now.[19][20][21] In February 2018 she was named as one of OkayAfrica's Top 100 Women.[22] In 2018 she launched the Ginkgo Bioworks Creative Residency in Boston.[23] She was a participant at the 2018 Sci Foo camp.

References edit

  1. ^ "About". Faber Futures. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Natsai Audrey Chieza on working with nature to help solve fashion's waste problem | Design Indaba". Design Indaba. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  3. ^ Jones, Jonathan. "Natural Curiosity" (PDF). Natural Curiosity. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Designing a More Sustainable Future". www.thriveglobal.com. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  5. ^ Dazed (12 April 2011). "Central St Martins MA / Textile Futures". Dazed. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  6. ^ "How to co-cultivate with living technology: In conversation with Natsai Audrey Chieza, Faber Futures". MaterialDriven. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Biosalon Paper" (PDF). Crafts Council. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  8. ^ a b c "Newsletter - Rotary WASH eClub". Rotary WASH eClub. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  9. ^ "Natsai Audrey Chieza on working with nature to help solve fashion's waste problem | Design Indaba". Design Indaba. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  10. ^ "Stylish Silk Scarves, Dyed With Bacteria". WIRED. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  11. ^ "Project Coelicolor - Faber Futures". Faber Futures. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  12. ^ "Interview: Natsai Chieza Explains Her Process of Using Colored Microbial Compounds for Beautiful Textile Designs". Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  13. ^ "The Beautiful Future of Living Technology". www.ideo.com. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  14. ^ "Natsai Chieza - SynBioBeta 2018". 2018.synbiobeta.com. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  15. ^ "Zetteler - Natsai Audrey Chieza". Zetteler. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  16. ^ "The Future of Nature by Natsai Audrey Chieza". The Future Of_. Archived from the original on 7 July 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  17. ^ "Color Patterns in the Clothes of the Future will be Made by Bacteria". Labiotech.eu. 6 May 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  18. ^ "Faber Future by Natsai Chieza | Promostyl Blog". Promostyl Blog. 13 May 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  19. ^ eDuzeNet. "Zimbabwean born researcher selected to give TED Talk in Tanzania". Bulawayo24 News. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  20. ^ Idowu, Torera. "TED is coming to Africa, here are some of the speakers". CNN. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  21. ^ Chieza, Natsai Audrey, Fashion has a pollution problem -- can biology fix it?, retrieved 7 July 2018
  22. ^ "Natsai Audrey Chieza". OKAYAFRICA's 100 WOMEN. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  23. ^ "Zetteler - Natsai Audrey Chieza". Zetteler. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
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