Unreasonable Fellows

Allison Dring

CEO at Made of Air

Allison is an Unreasonable Fellow. Allison was part of Unreasonable Impact UK & Europe 2022 (Feb - Apr).
Allison Dring is CEO and Founder of Made of Air, a company that produces carbon negative materials to actively reverse climate change. Made of Air was named the Falling Walls Science Start Up Breakthrough of the Year and listed in Norrskens’s top 100 impact companies. Allison is an experienced entrepreneur, initiating climate positive technologies and applying them to real world building applications. She is the 2022 recipient of AmCham Germany’s Female Founder Award. 
Previously, as Founder of Elegant Embellishments, she co-invented and manufactured proslve370e, an award winning building product that reduces urban air pollution using only sunlight.
She is a veteran speaker on topics involving technology and the environment, including a foundational TEDx Berlin talk entitled "Ornament & Climate", which launched the idea of storing atmospheric carbon in buildings. She is a BMW Foundation Responsible Leader, serves as Jury Captain for the Core 77 Design Awards for Sustainability, and Advisory Board Member for the Falling Walls Foundation.