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This design studio spent 10 years perfecting a lampshade made out of bacteria

The Cenit lighting system is grown to order. That’s because the collection of pendant and table lamps, designed by Mexican biotech company Polybion and Mexican design studio Natural Urbano, uses lampshades grown from bacteria. Polybion calls the biomaterial used in the lamps…

The Cenit lighting system is grown to order. That’s because the collection of pendant and table lamps, designed by Mexican biotech company Polybion and Mexican design studio Natural Urbano, uses lampshades grown from bacteria. Polybion calls the biomaterial used in the lamps…

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This is a niche design innovation involving biomaterials with no direct impact on credit markets, financing, or regulatory frameworks relevant to sophisticated credit professionals.

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