Carole Collet, Director of Sustainable Innovation at Central Saint Martins at Fashion Tech Talks

Carole Collet has dedicated her career to developing a new vision for sustainable design, and pioneered the discipline of Textile Futures in 2000. She is Professor in Design for Sustainable Futures at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts, London, where she currently holds two key roles. As Director of the Design & Living Systems Lab, she explores the interface of biological sciences and design to challenge established craft and manufacturing paradigms and propose news models to biofabricate materials and products of the future. As CSM-LVMH Director of Sustainable Innovation, she has recently set up Maison/0, a catalyst for creative-led sustainable intelligence. Collet’s research work has been published and featured in international exhibitions and she regularly contributes to conferences on the subject of textile futures, biodesign, biomimicry, synthetic biology, future manufacturing and bio-materiality, sustainable design and climate change. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fashion Tech Talks is the global meeting place for discussions on innovation at the intersection of fashion and technology – initiated by Patriksson Communication and ASFB, Association of Swedish Fashion Brands. Fashion Tech Talks is supported by H&M, the Swedish innovation agency Vinnova and Axfoundation, the Antonia Ax:son Johnson foundation for sustainable development.