Bacterial Cellulose
OK, this is an unusual entry in a book about materials and design – after all, cellulose already appears several times in this book – but the reasons it is here are many. First, this particular case study highlights a completely new way in which designers are working with and looking at the formation of materials from which new products can be generated. In addition, it is a project instigated by a fashion designer, Suzanne Lee, who pioneered the use of bacterial cellulose as the basis for growing textiles. Finally, it is a discovery and application of a material that has deservedly gained much attention.
The jacket illustrated here is made from pure cellulose fibres but, unlike cellulose from plants (see the feature on cellulose, ...
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