MYCOTEX by NEFFA heeft dit gerepost
Mycotex is making its way into footwear! As many of you will know, I am also the cofounder of NEFFA | New Fashion Factory, a biotech company that is reinventing the entire supply chain by producing compostable 3D products out of liquid biomass. Our first biofabricated material is called Mycotex, since it is made from the roots of mushrooms. In the past few years we focused on optimizing our robotic production method - which is developed in collaboration with DESMA Schuhmaschinen GmbH - for objects that do not have to be worn on the body, but now we are ready to make our first steps into footwear! This week I will post a few examples of the new opportunities that our production technology provides. Here is the first one: covering complex heels with a leather-like material! Technologies like 3D printing make it possible to develop fantastic new heel shapes, but laminating these with leather or other sheet materials is practically impossible. Since Mycotex is a liquid material, it can be used to make full uppers, but also as a leather-like coating to cover hardware or heels, as you can see here. This makes it an amazing solution for the luxury footwear industry. We can base the composition of the biomass on your needs, whether you want it to be shiny or matte, textured or smooth, in various colours etc. Our lab in The Netherlands currently has space for two new customers from the footwear industry that are interested in applying our technology in their products, whether they are suppliers of footwear parts or brands that want to develop full footwear concepts! Interested? Just send a message to me, Aniela Hoitink or Sarah Blom and let´s start a conversation! If you want to see and feel the material in real life, then you can make an appointment to meet me at Lineapelle or Simac Tanning Tech! We are also showing at the Desma House Fair! #footwearinnovation #biotech #biofabrication #3dfashion