/ Sustainable Matters

/ call to action

Fashion Weeks must be about rules and regulations – not about parties and glam

The more fashion capitals jump on the so-called sustainability requirements, rules and regulations, the more critics begin to wonder if a sustainable fashion week can ever exist

/ Humanities

Is being homosexual less polluting than being heterosexual?

A provocation for Pride Month. Human activity pollutes, and bringing children into the world makes things worse: will same-sex couples be the saviours of the Anthropocene?

/ traceability

Caterina Ravaglia: vegetable tanning is a personal mission

A custom mesh machine, recyclable metal, suede underlay, artisanal choices: Caterina Ravaglia for Kate Cate—no shortcuts to fast fashion

/ the art field

Art Basel 2025: What Hides Behind Every White Wall of the Fair?

White walls, invisible materials, global logistics: Art Basel 2025 lays bare the environmental paradox of art fairs, where aesthetic minimalism meets concrete consumption

/ Design

Piet Hein Eek’s Work with Wood Scrap: “There Are No Poor Materials”

From scrapwood cabinets to masterworks: the story of a Dutch Designer who built a global creative ecosystem around circular design, teamwork, and manufacturing Integrity

/ biennale

Bas Smets: architecture must care for the survival of human beings, animals and plants

“These trees were planted by Napoleon in the 18th century—an early lesson in large‑scale reforestation that we would do well to emulate today.” Interview with Bas Smets, co‑curator of “Building Biospheres”

/ architecture

Trees Are the Patrons of Architecture: Inside Carlo Ratti’s 2025 Biennale

“Reforestation has to begin in a concrete, local way—tree by tree, sidewalk by sidewalk. It’s one of the few effective answers to overheated cities." An interview with Carlo Ratti about the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale

/ Design e Architettura

Neom’s The Line: Sustainable architecture, or grim dystopian future?

From a post oil focused Saudi Arabian economy, to developing carbon neutral, walkable cities with futuristic design and technology principles setting new standards for urban living

/ traceability

Slow Fashion on the Edge of the Atlantic

Craft, culture, and the coastline: a visual story by Peter Georgiades exploring the work of South African designers: raw materials, local craftsmen, local materials, ethical practices

/ traceability

What is velvet? One name, many fibers

What sets velvet apart from other woven fabrics is not the kind of fibers it is formed from but the techniques used to manufacture it. What is velvet made of?

/ Fashion

The Fashion Industry: Why Doesn’t Creativity Embrace Sustainability?

Fashion, Creativity, Sustainability: Trump’s words might just give a jolt to an industry that still refuses to commit to manufacturing natural fibers free of plastic

/ naturally sourced

Molecular Regeneration: Ambercycle’s Technology for Textile Waste Recycling

Il materiale cycora® svilluppato da Shay Sethi e Moby Ahmed – fondatori di Ambercycle – compensa quasi la metà delle emissioni di anidride carbonica associate alla produzione di poliestere vergine

/ naturally sourced

Cashmere and Re-Cashmere: from natural fiber to regenerated fabric

What is cashmere made of? A reflection on the environmental impact of this natural fiber – while regenerated cashmere reshapes the textile supply chain: certifications, traceability, and innovation

/ naturally sourced

The Waste from Andalusia’s Intensive Olive Oil Production Becomes Design

Spain dominates the olive oil market, covering 40-50% of the world’s demand, but what is the environmental cost? Spanish designer Jorge Penadés presents his project Uprooted

/ Humanities

Nature, Farming, and Food Production: What Countryside Means Today

Putting the countryside back on the agenda from a political standpoint: in conversation with Samir Bantal, AMO’s creative Director

/ Fashion

What Is a Cultural Brand? Definition and Examples

The definition of a Cultural Brand: a brand that produces authorial narratives linked to its commercial product. Among the primary examples: Louis Vuitton and Rolex

/ architecture

Brutalist, Finnish, Rough: rediscovering Alvar Aalto through his Silo in Oulu

Repurposing buildings with the ‘Geoarchaeology’ method: Factum foundations takes on a project in northern Finland – saving Alvar Aalto Silo with Skene Catling de la Peña architects

/ architecture

What Defines a LEED Certified Building? Core Characteristics and Global Examples

With buildings accounting to more than 40% of energy use, U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED initiatives shapes path towards reducing carbon footprints and energy consumption

/ naturally sourced

The Future of Organic Farming: Smallholdings Leading the Way

Smallholdings and emerging organic growers are shaping the future of sustainable agriculture, transforming traditional practices through regenerative methods and community engagement

/ call to action

Agroforestry: Merging Agricolture and Forestry to Regenerate Farms Globally

ReNature commits to farmers in their transition of producing with respect to ecological balance: regenerative agroforestry reinvents the idea of production

/ architecture

Biophilic Urbanism: a New Era of Wood-Based Design

A city of wood: though there has been recent interest in Biophilic Urbanism and the existence of wooden structures, no project of this size has been created out of this raw material

/ naturally sourced

Human Hair Waste: How Much Is There, and Could It Transform Sustainable Manufacturing?

Human Material Loop is a project researching ways to integrate human hair as a sustainable material for the industry into a zero-waste recycling system

/ crafting

Christien Meindertsma delves into the history of Dutch material culture

Dutch Design Week – from rediscovering local raw materials to transforming waste into new products: Christien Meindertsma’s vision for a more ethical design

/ Fashion

Fashion collaborations beyond fashion: Bottega for Bottegas

The fourth edition of the Bottega for Bottegas project explores the Venetian roots of the Maison and its woven legacy, featuring six artisanal ventures in dialogue with Lampoon

/ Eugenia Weinstein

Crude Expectations: What are the chances we have of not relying on oil and gas?

The Great Australian Bight is home to 277 marine life species that are completely new to science: it also happens to hold the equivalent of 1.9 billion barrels of oil

/ naturally sourced

Hemp Kamiko: Issey Miyake and the Japanese Craftsmanship

Under the creative direction of Satoshi Kondo, Issey Miyake pays tribute to the kamiko fabric tradition, made from fine hemp fibers and Japanese paper

/ traceability

Guatemalan artisanry is dying: can price transparency save it?

Through price transparency and detailed documentation, Luna del Pinal brings value to Guatemala’s ancient crafts and its artisanal indigenous communities

/ Lampoon Issue 22

Patrick Blanc, Botanist and artist, has designed more than 300 Vertical Gardens around the world

Architects look for novel ways to infuse more green spaces into cities: The fact that a plant is rare in nature, doesn’t mean at all that it is difficult to grow

/ call to action

Why people in India are still producing leather from protected by law species?

«Cows, buffaloes, and other animals used for leather in India are often crammed onto vehicles so tightly that their bones break», introducing the issue of ethical production in local communities in India

/ Digital Intelligence

Blockchain is our future

Knowing the supply chain from yarn to fabric is possible through a software that provides end-to-end product transparency. In conversation with Alexandre Sundberg, CEO and co-founder of True Tribe

/ call to action

Milan, the city will be a Garden – is it a promise or just a utopia?

No longer just a utopia - Milan City- Garden is a political promise: we say we should take care of our own garden – but what if the entire city were our garden?

/ naturally sourced

Counteracting the plastic crisis through shrimp and crab skin shells

Egypt: the fourth largest plastic producer starts showing efforts to spread the use of bioplastic material. In conversation with researcher, Amal Elhussieny

/ naturally sourced

Bella Gonshorovitz demystifying circularity: Grow, Cook, Dye, Wear

Author Bella Gonshorovitz shares her ideology on creating circularity at home, from the seeds in the garden to the garments in your wardrobe

/ call to action

Green Laws and urban forestry — which countries are in the lead?

From the Amazon rainforest set ablaze to the city of Venice being engulfed in water – major climate change events tell us that a green action is necessary

/ call to action

Soil and Artificial Snow: The Cost of an Increasingly Artificial Winter

From trees cut down for the bobsleigh track of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics to the effects of artificial snow on the soil: the environmental consequences associated with winter sports practices

/ naturally sourced

Re-discovering a bio-based building material: Bamboo

Bamboo has been used as a building material for thousands of years—it has a stronger tensile strength than steel. The tallest bamboo building on the Indonesian island of Bali took just four years to grow

/ naturally sourced

Soil Sharing: Terra Preta, Biochar and early Bio-economies

What and how biochar has become a solution and economical market and what does it mean for us and the upcoming generations?

/ the art field

In the Age of Imitation, Les Lalannes’ Timeless Vision Stands Apart

For François and Claude Lalanne, a hippopotamus becomes a bathtub. Whether at an exhibition or an auction, this is how collectors' obsessions start

/ Humanities

South Sudanese craftsmanship is rooted in women

South Sudanese women fled their country only taking out with them a few clothes. They’re now producing these to create their own business

/ naturally sourced

Kunjina Tesfaye on Growth and Preserving Artisanal Techniques

Handweaving, embroidery and fabric manipulation are design elements that communicate stories about Ethiopia. "If you've seen photos of Ethiopians wearing the traditional white dress, it's handwoven."

/ forestry

The 600-year-old guide to Japanese sustainable forestry: Daisugi method

The ancient Japanese art of pruning and harvesting, Daisugi, translated as platform cedar – it started in the 14th century, and it has being modernised since then

/ call to action

How did the Lake Como brand emerge?

Chanel Cruise 2025/26 on Lake Como – while a transformation is underway, bridging the lake and the city—a reflection on urban planning, society, sustainability, and the numbers of overtourism

/ naturally sourced

Milk is a natural product, but can damage the environment

Whilst milk is a natural product, when thrown away, it has the potential to damage the environment as «into a water stream, there is potential that it can sit there and block out the oxygen»

/ crafting

Netsuke: a Japanese art form that needs to be held

They bought them like we would buy cufflinks, with an eye on how they looked. Obviously, if they chose a shishi they must have been a bit superstitious, but the value lay in the shishi, not in the netsuke

/ textile fibers

Coconut husk, biomass from coconut: fibers are known as coir

According to the International Coconut Community, working with coconut waste is a business that ensures benefits for both producers and South eastern suppliers

/ crafting

The Beautiful Decay according to Marcin Rusak

Marcin Rusak combines the dichotomy of the natural and the man-made – «I took something already dead, that was grown for our pleasure, and turned it into a print that would remind you of what these flowers really mean to us»

/ Fashion

Oslo positions itself as a circular fashion city

Overshadowed by Copenhagen, Oslo is emerging as a city for circular fashion, focused on sustainable textile industry, with convincing initiatives – against the backdrop of Norway’s dependence on oil and gas

/ crafting

Luxury responsibility: Hermès and the Riom factory

When luxury deserves respect: 250 new jobs in a French province, education and culture in a manufacturing district, handmade saddle stitching

/ architecture

The shape of light with Helena Clunies-Ross: an itinerary through design that starts in Tribeca

Helena Clunies-Ross Design: from rough architecture to art deco-inspired furniture, seeking for a balance between proportions, history and modernity

/ Humanities

Humanitarian Design and the archetypes of clothes with REantwerp

Belgian designer Tim van Steenberg and journalist Ruth Goosens create REantwerp, a fashion brand that employs refugees and repurpose leftover fabrics

/ call to action

Fashion Weeks must be about rules and regulations – not about parties and glam

The more fashion capitals jump on the so-called sustainability requirements, rules and regulations, the more critics begin to wonder if a sustainable fashion week can ever exist

/ Humanities

Is being homosexual less polluting than being heterosexual?

A provocation for Pride Month. Human activity pollutes, and bringing children into the world makes things worse: will same-sex couples be the saviours of the Anthropocene?

/ traceability

Caterina Ravaglia: vegetable tanning is a personal mission

A custom mesh machine, recyclable metal, suede underlay, artisanal choices: Caterina Ravaglia for Kate Cate—no shortcuts to fast fashion

/ the art field

Art Basel 2025: What Hides Behind Every White Wall of the Fair?

White walls, invisible materials, global logistics: Art Basel 2025 lays bare the environmental paradox of art fairs, where aesthetic minimalism meets concrete consumption

/ Design

Piet Hein Eek’s Work with Wood Scrap: “There Are No Poor Materials”

From scrapwood cabinets to masterworks: the story of a Dutch Designer who built a global creative ecosystem around circular design, teamwork, and manufacturing Integrity

/ biennale

Bas Smets: architecture must care for the survival of human beings, animals and plants

“These trees were planted by Napoleon in the 18th century—an early lesson in large‑scale reforestation that we would do well to emulate today.” Interview with Bas Smets, co‑curator of “Building Biospheres”

/ architecture

Trees Are the Patrons of Architecture: Inside Carlo Ratti’s 2025 Biennale

“Reforestation has to begin in a concrete, local way—tree by tree, sidewalk by sidewalk. It’s one of the few effective answers to overheated cities." An interview with Carlo Ratti about the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale

/ Design e Architettura

Neom’s The Line: Sustainable architecture, or grim dystopian future?

From a post oil focused Saudi Arabian economy, to developing carbon neutral, walkable cities with futuristic design and technology principles setting new standards for urban living

/ traceability

Slow Fashion on the Edge of the Atlantic

Craft, culture, and the coastline: a visual story by Peter Georgiades exploring the work of South African designers: raw materials, local craftsmen, local materials, ethical practices

/ traceability

What is velvet? One name, many fibers

What sets velvet apart from other woven fabrics is not the kind of fibers it is formed from but the techniques used to manufacture it. What is velvet made of?

/ Fashion

The Fashion Industry: Why Doesn’t Creativity Embrace Sustainability?

Fashion, Creativity, Sustainability: Trump’s words might just give a jolt to an industry that still refuses to commit to manufacturing natural fibers free of plastic

/ naturally sourced

Molecular Regeneration: Ambercycle’s Technology for Textile Waste Recycling

Il materiale cycora® svilluppato da Shay Sethi e Moby Ahmed – fondatori di Ambercycle – compensa quasi la metà delle emissioni di anidride carbonica associate alla produzione di poliestere vergine

/ naturally sourced

Cashmere and Re-Cashmere: from natural fiber to regenerated fabric

What is cashmere made of? A reflection on the environmental impact of this natural fiber – while regenerated cashmere reshapes the textile supply chain: certifications, traceability, and innovation

/ naturally sourced

The Waste from Andalusia’s Intensive Olive Oil Production Becomes Design

Spain dominates the olive oil market, covering 40-50% of the world’s demand, but what is the environmental cost? Spanish designer Jorge Penadés presents his project Uprooted

/ Humanities

Nature, Farming, and Food Production: What Countryside Means Today

Putting the countryside back on the agenda from a political standpoint: in conversation with Samir Bantal, AMO’s creative Director

/ Fashion

What Is a Cultural Brand? Definition and Examples

The definition of a Cultural Brand: a brand that produces authorial narratives linked to its commercial product. Among the primary examples: Louis Vuitton and Rolex

/ architecture

Brutalist, Finnish, Rough: rediscovering Alvar Aalto through his Silo in Oulu

Repurposing buildings with the ‘Geoarchaeology’ method: Factum foundations takes on a project in northern Finland – saving Alvar Aalto Silo with Skene Catling de la Peña architects

/ architecture

What Defines a LEED Certified Building? Core Characteristics and Global Examples

With buildings accounting to more than 40% of energy use, U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED initiatives shapes path towards reducing carbon footprints and energy consumption

/ naturally sourced

The Future of Organic Farming: Smallholdings Leading the Way

Smallholdings and emerging organic growers are shaping the future of sustainable agriculture, transforming traditional practices through regenerative methods and community engagement

/ call to action

Agroforestry: Merging Agricolture and Forestry to Regenerate Farms Globally

ReNature commits to farmers in their transition of producing with respect to ecological balance: regenerative agroforestry reinvents the idea of production

/ architecture

Biophilic Urbanism: a New Era of Wood-Based Design

A city of wood: though there has been recent interest in Biophilic Urbanism and the existence of wooden structures, no project of this size has been created out of this raw material

/ naturally sourced

Human Hair Waste: How Much Is There, and Could It Transform Sustainable Manufacturing?

Human Material Loop is a project researching ways to integrate human hair as a sustainable material for the industry into a zero-waste recycling system

/ crafting

Christien Meindertsma delves into the history of Dutch material culture

Dutch Design Week – from rediscovering local raw materials to transforming waste into new products: Christien Meindertsma’s vision for a more ethical design

/ Fashion

Fashion collaborations beyond fashion: Bottega for Bottegas

The fourth edition of the Bottega for Bottegas project explores the Venetian roots of the Maison and its woven legacy, featuring six artisanal ventures in dialogue with Lampoon

/ Eugenia Weinstein

Crude Expectations: What are the chances we have of not relying on oil and gas?

The Great Australian Bight is home to 277 marine life species that are completely new to science: it also happens to hold the equivalent of 1.9 billion barrels of oil

/ naturally sourced

Hemp Kamiko: Issey Miyake and the Japanese Craftsmanship

Under the creative direction of Satoshi Kondo, Issey Miyake pays tribute to the kamiko fabric tradition, made from fine hemp fibers and Japanese paper

/ traceability

Guatemalan artisanry is dying: can price transparency save it?

Through price transparency and detailed documentation, Luna del Pinal brings value to Guatemala’s ancient crafts and its artisanal indigenous communities

/ Lampoon Issue 22

Patrick Blanc, Botanist and artist, has designed more than 300 Vertical Gardens around the world

Architects look for novel ways to infuse more green spaces into cities: The fact that a plant is rare in nature, doesn’t mean at all that it is difficult to grow

/ call to action

Why people in India are still producing leather from protected by law species?

«Cows, buffaloes, and other animals used for leather in India are often crammed onto vehicles so tightly that their bones break», introducing the issue of ethical production in local communities in India

/ Digital Intelligence

Blockchain is our future

Knowing the supply chain from yarn to fabric is possible through a software that provides end-to-end product transparency. In conversation with Alexandre Sundberg, CEO and co-founder of True Tribe

/ call to action

Milan, the city will be a Garden – is it a promise or just a utopia?

No longer just a utopia - Milan City- Garden is a political promise: we say we should take care of our own garden – but what if the entire city were our garden?

/ naturally sourced

Counteracting the plastic crisis through shrimp and crab skin shells

Egypt: the fourth largest plastic producer starts showing efforts to spread the use of bioplastic material. In conversation with researcher, Amal Elhussieny

/ naturally sourced

Bella Gonshorovitz demystifying circularity: Grow, Cook, Dye, Wear

Author Bella Gonshorovitz shares her ideology on creating circularity at home, from the seeds in the garden to the garments in your wardrobe

/ call to action

Green Laws and urban forestry — which countries are in the lead?

From the Amazon rainforest set ablaze to the city of Venice being engulfed in water – major climate change events tell us that a green action is necessary

/ call to action

Soil and Artificial Snow: The Cost of an Increasingly Artificial Winter

From trees cut down for the bobsleigh track of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics to the effects of artificial snow on the soil: the environmental consequences associated with winter sports practices

/ naturally sourced

Re-discovering a bio-based building material: Bamboo

Bamboo has been used as a building material for thousands of years—it has a stronger tensile strength than steel. The tallest bamboo building on the Indonesian island of Bali took just four years to grow

/ naturally sourced

Soil Sharing: Terra Preta, Biochar and early Bio-economies

What and how biochar has become a solution and economical market and what does it mean for us and the upcoming generations?

/ the art field

In the Age of Imitation, Les Lalannes’ Timeless Vision Stands Apart

For François and Claude Lalanne, a hippopotamus becomes a bathtub. Whether at an exhibition or an auction, this is how collectors' obsessions start

/ Humanities

South Sudanese craftsmanship is rooted in women

South Sudanese women fled their country only taking out with them a few clothes. They’re now producing these to create their own business

/ naturally sourced

Kunjina Tesfaye on Growth and Preserving Artisanal Techniques

Handweaving, embroidery and fabric manipulation are design elements that communicate stories about Ethiopia. "If you've seen photos of Ethiopians wearing the traditional white dress, it's handwoven."

/ forestry

The 600-year-old guide to Japanese sustainable forestry: Daisugi method

The ancient Japanese art of pruning and harvesting, Daisugi, translated as platform cedar – it started in the 14th century, and it has being modernised since then

/ call to action

How did the Lake Como brand emerge?

Chanel Cruise 2025/26 on Lake Como – while a transformation is underway, bridging the lake and the city—a reflection on urban planning, society, sustainability, and the numbers of overtourism

/ naturally sourced

Milk is a natural product, but can damage the environment

Whilst milk is a natural product, when thrown away, it has the potential to damage the environment as «into a water stream, there is potential that it can sit there and block out the oxygen»

/ crafting

Netsuke: a Japanese art form that needs to be held

They bought them like we would buy cufflinks, with an eye on how they looked. Obviously, if they chose a shishi they must have been a bit superstitious, but the value lay in the shishi, not in the netsuke

/ textile fibers

Coconut husk, biomass from coconut: fibers are known as coir

According to the International Coconut Community, working with coconut waste is a business that ensures benefits for both producers and South eastern suppliers

/ crafting

The Beautiful Decay according to Marcin Rusak

Marcin Rusak combines the dichotomy of the natural and the man-made – «I took something already dead, that was grown for our pleasure, and turned it into a print that would remind you of what these flowers really mean to us»

/ Fashion

Oslo positions itself as a circular fashion city

Overshadowed by Copenhagen, Oslo is emerging as a city for circular fashion, focused on sustainable textile industry, with convincing initiatives – against the backdrop of Norway’s dependence on oil and gas

/ crafting

Luxury responsibility: Hermès and the Riom factory

When luxury deserves respect: 250 new jobs in a French province, education and culture in a manufacturing district, handmade saddle stitching

/ architecture

The shape of light with Helena Clunies-Ross: an itinerary through design that starts in Tribeca

Helena Clunies-Ross Design: from rough architecture to art deco-inspired furniture, seeking for a balance between proportions, history and modernity

/ Humanities

Humanitarian Design and the archetypes of clothes with REantwerp

Belgian designer Tim van Steenberg and journalist Ruth Goosens create REantwerp, a fashion brand that employs refugees and repurpose leftover fabrics

Lampoon is a cultural magazine.
Culture today means sustainability – in its honest meaning.
Culture has always been about human respect, tolerance. It’s not only about accepting human diversity but it’s about searching for the beauty of every human peculiarity.
Inclusion is the first value that defines art. Culture today means one thing only: to be part of a community, to think as a community.

Reading Lampoon, you see that these themes are smoothly aligned. A good part of the articles’ content discusses practices to restore our environment and stories about understanding the others.
Reading Lampoon, you find a dialogue between science and creativity. From sharp and edgy photo sessions to fashion, architecture, technology – the commitment is dedicated to a future that is all about us – together.

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