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Three designers shortlisted for 2018 PETA Prize

Three designers have been shortlisted for the 2018 PETA Prize for Animal-Free Wool. The awards ceremony will be held at the MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) in New York. The prize forms part of the Biodesign Challenge and is sponsored by PETA, Stella McCartney and Stray Dog Capital. The selected design students will be subsequently partnered with biotech professionals to help advance the proposed innovative fibre biotechnology. The successful innovator will also benefit from a learning experience at Stella McCartney‘s London headquarters.

The three finalists include Woocoa, a vegan wool produced using hemp and coconut fibres treated with enzymes extracted from oyster mushrooms; Werewool, a fibre which replicates the properties of wool by isolating and expressing a protein from its own DNA and combining it with a bonding enzyme from the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) and Kerasynth, a microfluidic vegan skin with an array of follicles producing wool. The award will help aspiring designers develop a sustainable material that will keep sheep from being shorn bloody for wool sweaters and scarves.

 

 
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