Revolutionary biomaterials
for forward thinkers.
Celium™
Premium Cultivated Cellulose.
We grow Celium™ by feeding bacteria with agro-industrial fruit waste.
Rooted in biology
Guided by design
Refined into Celium™
Celium™ is a new generation of cultivated materials.
Grown by bacteria nourished with agro-industrial fruit waste, it forms during fermentation as a cultivated sheet of cellulose. This biological origin gives Celium™ a coherent structure that is resilient, soft, and inherently adaptable.
After cultivation, the material undergoes a stabilization process that defines its characteristics. During this stage (our equivalent to tanning), we refine thickness, handfeel, flexibility, and overall performance. Once stabilized, Celium™ can be finished through color, embossing, or protective finishing, extending its visual and functional possibilities while preserving its biological foundation.
Celium™ does not imitate existing materials; it stands as a category of its own. Each sheet carries subtle variations linked to its living origin, resulting in a refined, high-performance material capable of adapting across applications. Cultivated with precision and shaped through intention, Celium™ reflects a new approach to making: one that begins with life and evolves through design.
One material, multiple expressions
Performance Meets Possibility
One cultivated material can take on many roles. Celium™ begins as a cultivated sheet of bacterial cellulose, but its behavior is defined in the hands of designers and makers. It can drape, fold, and stitch like a soft surface, or be structured into precise, architectural forms. The same origin can become a garment panel, a bag shell, a lighting element, or a piece of furniture detailing.
Its versatility comes from how it responds to transformation. Celium™ can be cut cleanly, layered, perforated, embossed, or combined with other substrates to adjust body and support. Surface finishes introduce color, protection, and texture without erasing the material’s depth. This combination of responsiveness and stability makes it suitable for both tactile, close-to-skin pieces and more robust, spatial applications.
Across these uses, Celium™ maintains a coherent identity: a cultivated material with a refined hand, visual definition, and a clear link back to its biological origin. Rather than mimicking existing materials, it gives designers a single, consistent base they can push in multiple directions, exploring new expressions without changing the underlying source.
Where biology meets creativity, the future unfolds.
How to Work with Celium™
Celium™ is available in full sheets, sample kits, or through custom developments. Brands, studios, and independent designers can request materials directly from our team by filling out the inquiry form or contacting orders@polybion.bio.
Each request begins with a short conversation. We help identify the most suitable version of Celium™, discuss quantities, finishing, and timelines, and offer tailored guidance for your intended application. For small developments, the minimum order is two sheets of 17 sq.ft. each, ideal for prototyping. For customized color or material characteristics, the minimum order is 63 sheets. For pricing, please contact our team.
Celium™ is grown to order. Although our production is fully scaled, cultivation happens batch by batch, which means we operate through a delivery pipeline and often work with a waiting list. Once your order enters production, we coordinate cultivation, finishing, and shipment from our headquarters in Mexico to any destination worldwide.
Celium™ is cultivated with care, and so is every collaboration that begins with it.
Vogue Philippines Spotlights Celium™ in Nous Etudions’ Patagonia Editorial
- Published on
- April 13, 2026
Polybion and Celium™ Featured in Vogue Philippines
Polybion has been featured in a recent Vogue Philippines article covering End of the World, Beginning of Everything, the latest editorial project by Nous Etudions in Patagonia.
Set in Ushuaia, at the southern edge of Argentina, the feature presents the collection as an exploration of biomaterials through fashion, landscape, and material experimentation. At the center of the story is Celium™, Polybion’s Premium Cultivated Cellulose, developed through fermentation and brought into dialogue with the creative vision of designer Romina Cardillo.
The article describes the project as a collaboration shaped by a shared interest in the meeting point between science and design. Over the course of several months, the teams explored different expressions of the material, testing how Celium™ could behave across garments and objects while allowing its visual and tactile qualities to guide the final pieces.
Among the looks highlighted in the feature is an oversized parka shown in Celium™’s natural ivory state. Vogue Philippines points to its sculptural volume and soft, enveloping presence, drawing a connection between the garment’s silhouette and the surrounding Patagonian landscape. The piece is paired with matching gloves and secured through hand-tied knots and cords made from the same material.
The article also features a translucent Celium™ shirt styled with structured shorts. Here, the material is presented through its semi-transparent quality, allowing light to pass through and giving the garment a delicate, almost membrane-like appearance. This piece offers another perspective on the aesthetic range of Celium™, showing how the material can move from density and structure into lightness and transparency.
Another featured look includes a tailored overcoat and trousers in pink-dyed Celium™, built from laser-cut elements that were hand-stitched into a tridimensional surface. Vogue Philippines frames this garment as a composition of organic forms, reinforcing the collection’s broader visual dialogue with marine life, movement, and natural textures.
The story also highlights a bright yellow coat with hand-pleated hood detailing, where the construction of the surface and accessories emphasizes process, gesture, and craftsmanship. Across the editorial, the garments are not presented merely as fashion objects, but as a way of examining how a biomaterial can carry structure, softness, translucency, and expressive form.
For Polybion, this feature is meaningful because it situates Celium™ within a high-visibility editorial context while acknowledging the material’s origin in biotechnology and fermentation. It also shows how Premium Cultivated Cellulose can support very different design languages, from sculptural outerwear to translucent garments and highly constructed surfaces.
More broadly, the article positions biomaterials as part of an ongoing shift in fashion, one that places greater value on process, material development, and a more conscious relationship with the natural world. We are proud to see Celium™ included in that conversation through this collaboration with Nous Etudions.
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