Natsai Audrey Chieza: Fashion has a pollution problem -- can biology fix it?
Natsai Audrey Chieza: A moda gera poluição - será que a biologia pode resolver isso?
Natsai Audrey Chieza is a trans-disciplinary design researcher whose fascinating work crosses boundaries between technology, biology, design and cultural studies. Full bio
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of a Streptomyces coelicolor.
da "Streptomyces coelicolor".
that's found in the soil
onde ela vive numa comunidade
with other organisms,
decompondo matéria orgânica.
organic chemical compounds.
compostos químicos orgânicos.
called actinorhodin,
chamado actinorhodin,
from blue to pink and purple,
of its environment.
de pigmento aguçou minha curiosidade
sparked my curiosity
closely with coelicolor.
de perto com a coelicolor.
my practice as a materials designer.
minha prática de designer de materiais.
was going to completely revolutionize
ia revolucionar completamente
nossos ambientes,
grow our material future.
o futuro dos nossos materiais.
com o estado atual das coisas?
around fossil fuels,
dos combustíveis fósseis,
material system we have ever known.
mais valioso já conhecido.
and we've crafted a dependency on it
e criamos uma dependência dela
our ways of making and our economies.
nosso modo de fazer e nossa economia.
are reshaping the earth
fóssil estão reconfigurando a Terra
of dramatically changing the climate,
capaz de mudar radicalmente o clima,
has become deadly.
se tornou mortal.
of not being affected
o privilégio de não ser afetado
is a profound lack of imagination
uma profunda falta de imaginação
poderíamos viver
of this planet's boundaries.
give way to renewable energy.
vão dar lugar à energia renovável.
new material systems
de novos sistemas de materiais
will be biological,
de materiais vão ser biológicos,
is how we design and build them.
como os projetamos e construímos.
the destructive legacies of the oil age.
os legados destrutivos da era do petróleo.
biological system,
altamente sofisticado
more quickly and precisely
mais rápida e precisamente
pode ser feito em grande escala.
de 3,8 bilhões de anos
of synthetic biology,
this functionality of living systems,
essa funcionalidade dos sistemas vivos,
the assembly of DNA.
o protótipo da montagem do DNA.
the kind of biological precision
alcançar o tipo de precisão biológica
to design a bacteria
renewable energy from algae.
energia renovável das algas.
this inherent brilliance of nature --
esse brilhantismo inerente da natureza
a partir de coisas vivas,
process of fermentation.
biológico de fermentação.
when harnessed by humans,
quando aproveitada pelos humanos,
toolkit for our survival.
avançada para nossa sobrevivência.
by bacterial fungi.
por um fungo bacteriológico.
to grapes to make wine.
levedura às uvas para fazer vinho.
are part of a complex network --
são parte de uma rede complexa,
that redistributes energy.
to multispecies interactions
a interações multiespécies
microbial interactions
interações microbiais há milhares de anos.
the fermentation of grains,
através da fermentação de grãos,
have domesticated microorganisms
domesticaram os microorganismos
em comestível.
that as early as 350 AD,
que chegam a 350 d.C.,
foodstuffs that contained antibiotics.
alimentos que continham antibióticos.
of some Sudanese Nubian
de alguns nubienses sudaneses
significant deposits of tetracycline.
significativos de tetraciclina.
in modern medicine today.
na medicina moderna hoje.
the antimicrobial properties of mold.
as propriedades antimicrobianas do mofo.
fermentation of penicillin
industrializada da penicilina
infectious diseases.
a doenças infecciosas.
play an important role
ter um papel importante
um novo modo de sobrevivência
change our industries?
completamente nossas indústrias?
desenvolver novos sistemas de materiais
to develop new material systems
that the textile industry
de que a indústria têxtil
caused by textile processing
causados pelo processamento têxtil
and the dyeing stage.
requires huge amounts of water.
enormes quantidades de água.
transformed the textile industry,
completamente a indústria têxtil,
químicos usados para processá-los
to process them are petroleum based.
appetite for fast fashion,
pela "fast fashion",
is ending up in landfill every year
de resíduos têxteis acaba no solo,
notoriously difficult to recycle.
comparem isso com a biologia.
we've ever engineered.
sistema que já criamos.
through a seemingly simple question --
de uma questão aparentemente simples...
directly onto silk.
diretamente na seda.
produces pigment around its own territory.
pigmento ao redor do seu território.
to saturate the entire cloth.
para saturar o tecido todo.
about dyeing textiles in this way --
directly onto the silk --
a bactéria diretamente na seda,
on just 200 milliliters of water.
em apenas 200 ml de água.
generates very little runoff
gera pouquíssimo resíduo
without the use of any chemicals.
sem o uso de qualquer química.
e estão pensando certo,
with designing with a living system is:
ao design com um sistema vivo:
that has a life force of its own?
que possui uma força vital própria?
the baseline for cultivating Streptomyces
a base para cultivar a Streptomyces,
produces enough pigment,
pigmentos suficientes,
the aesthetics of coelicolor's activity.
a estética da atividade da coelicolor.
to generate an organic pattern ...
these artisanal methods of making
esses métodos artesanais de produção
to use them in industry.
consideramos duas coisas em paralelo:
the tools and the processes
o que ocorre numa placa de Petri
what happens on a petri dish
the architecture of our environments.
dos nossos ambientes.
faria parte de suas ferramentas.
be a part of his toolkit.
para as nossas melhores chances atuais
that contains yeasts
que contém leveduras
specific commodity chemicals and compounds
e compostos químicos específicos,
of automated hardware and software
de hardware e software automatizados
the growth conditions of the microbe.
as condições de crescimento do micróbio.
to model the growth characteristics
as características de crescimento
ferment at 50,000 liters.
fermentar 50 mil litros.
é na Ginkgo Bioworks,
startup in Boston.
how their platform for scaling biology
plataforma de biologia de larga escala
of designing with bacteria for textiles.
de design com bactéria para têxteis.
Streptomyces coelicolor
como estruturar a Streptomyces coelicolor
produzir mais pigmento.
for synthetic biology.
com ferramentas de biologia sintética,
specifically to automate synthetic biology
para automatizar biologia sintética,
to become tools to print and dye textiles.
à impressão e ao tingimento de tecidos.
fabricação digital,
to work with Streptomyces coelicolor
trabalhar com a Streptomyces coelicolor
acabei de projetar uma placa de Petri
a bespoke print on a whole garment.
personalizada na roupa toda.
capacity in this field,
capacidade nesse campo,
with mushroom leather,
por couro de cogumelos,
and into product and architecture.
em produtos e arquitetura.
to produce spider-silk protein
proteína da seda da aranha
into a highly programmable yarn.
altamente programável.
are having to build and design
tendo de construir, projetar
to work with biology.
para trabalhar com biologia.
in some extreme biomimicry.
uma biomimética excepcional.
this yeast creates into a yarn,
em fio o produto da levedura,
ordinarily spin their own silk.
tecem sua própria seda.
exist in nature
e inspiradores existentes na natureza
around new bio-based industries.
de novas indústrias baseadas na biologia.
these capabilities.
em grande escala essas capacidades.
crisis in front of us,
ecológica que se apresenta,
these new material systems
esses novos sistemas de materiais,
the damaging legacies of the oil age.
os legados danosos da era do petróleo.
to ensure a sustainable development
um desenvolvimento sustentável
across the world.
the regulatory and ethical frameworks
as estruturas regulatórias e éticas
para interagirem com nossa sociedade?
every part of our lived experience.
as experiências da nossa vida.
that we must be bold enough to shape.
que precisamos ter a coragem de formular.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Natsai Audrey Chieza - DesignerNatsai Audrey Chieza is a trans-disciplinary design researcher whose fascinating work crosses boundaries between technology, biology, design and cultural studies.
Why you should listen
Natsai Audrey Chieza is Founder and Creative Director of Faber Futures, a creative R&D studio that conceptualizes, prototypes and evaluates the next generation of materials that are emerging through the convergence of biology, technology and design. The studio advocates a shift in thinking away from resource extraction to material systems that are grown within the limits of our planetary boundaries. Working with partners in academia and industry, she is at the forefront of defining the future of design in the context of the Anthropocene at the advent of enabling technologies like synthetic biology.
Chieza holds an MA (Hons) in Architecture from the University of Edinburgh and an MA in Material Futures from Central Saint Martins. She began her career in design research at Textile Futures Research Centre (UK), while also pursuing her own research interests in biofabrication at the Ward Lab, University College London (UK). During this time she co-curated exhibitions and public programmes including Big Data, Designing with the Materials of Life 2015 (UK), Alive En Vie, Fondation EDF, 2014 (FR) and Postextiles, London Design Festival 2011 (UK).
Chieza has been a Designer in Residence at Ginkgo Bioworks (US), IDEO (UK), Machines Room (UK), Swedish Arts Grants Committee (SE), and the Ward Lab, University College London (UK). Her work has been widely exhibited at world-renowned galleries and museums, including the Victoria & Albert Museum (UK), Science Gallery Dublin (IR), Bauhaus Dessau (DE), Audax Textile Museum (NL) and at industry institutions like Microsoft Research (US/UK) and Fondation EDF (FR).
She has taught on degree programmes that are transitioning to biomaterials and sustainable design at Central Saint Martins, The Bartlett and Istituto Marangoni. Chieza's own body of work on biopigmented textiles has been featured in a number of leading publications, including WIRED, Next Nature, IDEO, Huffington Post, Viewpoint, Frame, Domus, LSN Global, Protein and FORM.
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