Suzanne Lee — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

CEO and Founder of Biofabricate since 2014, a company focused on design, biology, and sustainability.
Pioneered the BioCouture Research Project, which explored growing clothing from microbial cellulose, recognized by Time magazine in 2010.
Authored "Fashioning the Future: Tomorrow's Wardrobe," published in 2007.
Served as Chief Creative Officer at Modern Meadow, Inc. from 2014 to 2019.
Serves on the Board of Directors for BIOME Consortia (since 2024) and Around the World in 80 Fabrics (since 2021).
Holds a Senior Research Fellow position at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design.

Biography

Suzanne Lee is the CEO and Founder of Biofabricate, a company she established in 2014 to work at the intersection of design, biology, and sustainability. She is recognized for her pioneering work with the BioCouture Research Project, where she explored using microbial cellulose—grown from bacteria in sweet green tea—to produce clothing. This innovative idea, which envisioned growing a dress in a vat of liquid, was included in Time magazine's annual roundup of The Top 50 Best Inventions of 2010.