Natsai Audrey Chieza Explained

Natsai Audrey Chieza
Birth Place:Harare, Zimbabwe
Founder, Faber Futures
Occupation:Fashion designer
Known For:Biomaterials

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.

Early life and education

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.[5] [6] During this time she was Designer in Residence at the Advanced Centre for Biochemical Engineering, University College London.[7]

Research and career

Chieza joined the Textile Futures Research Centre.[8] She identified that streptomyces could be used as a fabric dye. 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.[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] In February 2018 she was named as one of OkayAfrica's Top 100 Women.[21] In 2018 she launched the Ginkgo Bioworks Creative Residency in Boston.[22] She was a participant at the 2018 Sci Foo camp.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About . Faber Futures . 17 March 2023.
  2. News: Natsai Audrey Chieza on working with nature to help solve fashion's waste problem Design Indaba. Design Indaba. 6 July 2018. en.
  3. Web site: Natural Curiosity . Jones . Jonathan . Natural Curiosity. 7 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180707173406/https://jonathanrjones.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/jonathan-r-jones-natsai-audrey-chieza-natural-curiosity-cover-magazine.pdf. 7 July 2018. dead.
  4. Web site: Designing a More Sustainable Future . www.thriveglobal.com . en. 6 July 2018.
  5. News: Central St Martins MA / Textile Futures . Dazed . 12 April 2011 . Dazed. 6 July 2018 . en.
  6. News: How to co-cultivate with living technology: In conversation with Natsai Audrey Chieza, Faber Futures . MaterialDriven. 6 July 2018 . en-US.
  7. Web site: Biosalon Paper . Crafts Council. 7 June 2018.
  8. News: Newsletter - Rotary WASH eClub . Rotary WASH eClub. 6 July 2018 . en-US.
  9. News: Natsai Audrey Chieza on working with nature to help solve fashion's waste problem Design Indaba. Design Indaba. 7 July 2018. en.
  10. News: Stylish Silk Scarves, Dyed With Bacteria . WIRED. 7 July 2018 . en-US.
  11. News: Project Coelicolor - Faber Futures . Faber Futures. 7 July 2018 . en-GB.
  12. News: Interview: Natsai Chieza Explains Her Process of Using Colored Microbial Compounds for Beautiful Textile Designs. 7 July 2018 . en.
  13. Web site: The Beautiful Future of Living Technology . www.ideo.com. 7 July 2018.
  14. Web site: Natsai Chieza - SynBioBeta 2018 . 2018.synbiobeta.com . en-US. 7 July 2018.
  15. Web site: Zetteler - Natsai Audrey Chieza . Zetteler . en-GB. 6 July 2018.
  16. Web site: The Future of Nature by Natsai Audrey Chieza . The Future Of_ . en-US. 7 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180707173003/http://www.futureof.co/the-future-of-nature-by-natsai-audrey-chieza/. 7 July 2018. dead.
  17. News: Color Patterns in the Clothes of the Future will be Made by Bacteria . 6 May 2017 . Labiotech.eu. 7 July 2018 . en-US.
  18. News: Faber Future by Natsai Chieza Promostyl Blog. 13 May 2014. Promostyl Blog. 7 July 2018. en-US.
  19. News: Zimbabwean born researcher selected to give TED Talk in Tanzania . eDuzeNet . Bulawayo24 News. 7 July 2018 . en-GB.
  20. News: TED is coming to Africa, here are some of the speakers . Torera . Idowu . CNN. 7 July 2018.
  21. News: Natsai Audrey Chieza . OKAYAFRICA's 100 WOMEN. 6 July 2018 . en-US.
  22. Web site: Zetteler - Natsai Audrey Chieza . Zetteler . en-GB. 7 July 2018.

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