Celium™ at Zona MACO, Latin America’s Leading Art and Design Fair

At Polybion, we developed Celium™ - Premium Cultivated Cellulose, a biomaterial designed to move beyond experimental settings and into real-world use.

That transition became visible through Sintropía, an exhibition presented by design students from Tecnológico de Monterrey at Zona MACO Diseño, where Celium™ was independently selected and purchased by the students as the material basis for their projects.

Biomaterials used in everyday design contexts

Throughout the exhibition, Celium™ was applied across a range of domestic and spatial objects, including functional pieces, lighting elements, furniture, and accessories. The students approached the material as they would any design-grade surface, making decisions around form, construction, stitching, and finish while exploring its texture, flexibility, and structural behavior.

This approach reflects a shift away from speculative narratives and toward biomaterials used as part of real design processes.

Versatility across applications and formats

Celium™ appeared in different formats and finishes, adapting to distinct functional and aesthetic requirements. From flat surfaces to curved forms, the projects demonstrated the material’s ability to support diverse design intentions while maintaining a consistent visual and tactile identity.

For Polybion, this diversity is especially meaningful. It reinforces our goal of developing biomaterials that can be integrated across disciplines rather than confined to a single application.

Designing with materials available today

What makes Sintropía particularly relevant is the mindset behind it. These projects show emerging designers engaging with commercially available biomaterials as part of their education, using Celium™ not as a future concept, but as a material ready to be utilized, challenged, and applied.

Seeing Celium™ adopted in this way confirms our belief that meaningful innovation happens when cultivated materials enter everyday design decisions and become part of the present.

Looking to work with biomaterials that are actually ready?
Talk to our team

Start working with Celium™ today. Choose a Swatch Sampler for first-hand evaluation, or a sheet set to move into prototyping and trials.
Explore the catalogue