Grow With Ephea
– The Journey Behind the Winning Project
June 23rd, 4:00 PM CET
This session brings together the team behind Ephea and the winning designer, Oriana Spinelli, in a direct conversation on biofabrication, innovation, and designing with a material that continues to evolve its own possibilities.
Through the perspectives of Oriana Spinelli and Francesca Perona, we will explore the journey from concept to completed project—highlighting opportunities, challenges, unexpected discoveries, and key lessons learned.
Together, we will reflect on the future of fashion, the potential of emerging materials, and the realities of translating innovation into practice.
Free and open to all. Bring your questions — and leave with new ones.
About Grow with Ephea
Grow with Ephea is an open call launched in September 2025 for recently graduated fashion designers and emerging brands ready to challenge conventions. The initiative celebrates avant-garde design combined with radical sustainability. Participants were invited to create a garment that balances vision and viability using Ephea UMA — an innovative biofabricated material derived from mycelium — calling for bold experimentation, refined design thinking, and responsible innovation.
About Ephea
Ephea is a next-generation material derived from mycelium, merging advanced biotechnology with a refined aesthetic vision for fashion and luxury, and setting a new benchmark for responsible and elegant material innovation.