{"id":230454,"date":"2026-04-02T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/02\/your-next-iphone-case-could-be-made-from-lab-grown-t-rex-leather-thanks-to-world-first-technology-but-experts-say-otherwise\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T13:05:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T17:05:11","slug":"your-next-iphone-case-could-be-made-from-lab-grown-t-rex-leather-thanks-to-world-first-technology-but-experts-say-otherwise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/02\/your-next-iphone-case-could-be-made-from-lab-grown-t-rex-leather-thanks-to-world-first-technology-but-experts-say-otherwise\/","title":{"rendered":"Your next iPhone case could be made from lab-grown T-Rex leather thanks to \u2018world first\u2019 technology \u2014 but experts say otherwise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/tech\/your-next-iphone-case-could-be-made-from-lab-grown-t-rex-leather-thanks-to-world-first-technology-but-experts-say-otherwise\">Your next iPhone case could be made from lab-grown T-Rex leather thanks to \u2018world first\u2019 technology \u2014 but experts say otherwise<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/tech\/your-next-iphone-case-could-be-made-from-lab-grown-t-rex-leather-thanks-to-world-first-technology-but-experts-say-otherwise\">https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/tech\/your-next-iphone-case-could-be-made-from-lab-grown-t-rex-leather-thanks-to-world-first-technology-but-experts-say-otherwise<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-04-02 13:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.techradar.com\">www.techradar.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul id=\"elk-02326a1d-7705-46c7-babe-5a567d3d4172\">\n<li><strong>The world&#8217;s first T-Rex leather is being unveiled today (April 2) in Amsterdam in the form of a handbag <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The project is a collaboration between creative agency VML, The Organoid Company, and Lab-Grown Leather Ltd<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It follows last year&#8217;s announcement, which has garnered heavy debate<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"elk-70f1f084-6aca-487b-b91d-7a40c5c96e0d\">The Jurassic Park movies are another step closer to becoming a reality \u2014 and it\u2019s all thanks to lab-grown T-Rex leather from the VML creative agency.<\/p>\n<p>A year since it was announced, VML, The Organoid Company, and Lab-Grown Leather Ltd have been working together to collaborate on an ambitious project that sees the world\u2019s first dinosaur leather production. The partnership is to showcase the material\u2019s potential and how it can contribute to sustainable fashion.<\/p>\n<p>The first ever T-Rex leather product will come in the form of a luxury handbag designed by techwear label Enfin Lev\u00e9, and will go on display at Amsterdam\u2019s Art Zoo Museum today (April 2). It will also be displayed underneath a monster replica of a T-Rex skeleton acquired by the museum from Naturalis Biodiversity Center to \u201csymbolise(s) a bridge between ancient biology and future-facing luxury design\u201d, as VML states in its announcement.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-continues-below block py-2 text-sm\">Article continues below <\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"\n            flex\n            after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t after:border-solid after:border-t-[#ccc]\n            before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t before:border-solid before:border-t-[#ccc]\n            font-article-heading pb-0 !text-base uppercase sm:text-sm font-bold\n        \"><br \/>\n            You may like<br \/>\n        <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\">\n<p><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: VML)<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-77757fce-4632-4edc-b2bd-f76a9de5f3c3\">Following the exhibition\u2019s 6-week run, the handbag will then go to auction and will be sold to the highest bidder, but though VML has shared that this is a collector\u2019s item, the company added that T-Rex leather will continue to be produced and will become commercially available to designers and brands.<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-77757fce-4632-4edc-b2bd-f76a9de5f3c3-1\">CEO of The Organoid Company, Thomas Mitchell, is just one of the brains behind the world\u2019s first dinosaur leather goods, sharing, \u201cThis project demonstrates how genome and protein engineering can create entirely new classes of biomaterials\u201d. At the same time, Global Chief Creative Officer, Innovation &#038; CCO EMEA at VML also had the following to say:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe stark reality is that&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/tech\/your-next-iphone-case-could-be-made-from-lab-grown-t-rex-leather-thanks-to-world-first-technology-but-experts-say-otherwise\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your next iPhone case could be made from lab-grown T-Rex leather thanks to \u2018world first\u2019&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":230455,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/vex8Rj43SetrLFkZbyqYb3-2000-80.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[120],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-230454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iphone"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230454"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230454"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":230456,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230454\/revisions\/230456"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}