Magazine
Biochar — In conversation with Brando Crespi, the co-founder of Pro-Natura International
«Biochar is the ethical form of charcoal – ethical because you’re not cutting down the forest» – a green weapon in the Anthropocene age we live in
A valid criticism surrounding the effectiveness of carbon offsetting schemes
Fashion is responsible for 10 percent of greenhouse gas globally. Gucci’s call to action facilitates a conversation – ‘What should the next steps for the industry be’?
Veronica de Angelis – When in Rome: using art to highlight key environmental issues
«Discussions surrounding climate change just aren’t engaging» – Veronica e Angelis speaks on the separation of awareness and feeling when it comes to conscious engagement
Radio Raheem – It is easy to make a radio, it is hard to make a good one
Discovering a Milan-based web radio, born in 2017 from the minds of music and culture professionals to connect people and ideas
The issues with Bristol’s climate transition – cities must be fairer and healthier
In Bristol, where the air breaches the annual objective for NO2, air pollution contributes each year to 300 yearly excess deaths, causing health issues to Bristolians
The syncopation phenomenon: Anri Sala is an enhancer of awareness
Anri Sala: «My work is linked to this tension taking place between on-beat and off-beat within the architecture of syncopation»
Titanium: one of the lightest yet one of the strongest metals used in jewelry
Since the Seventies, titanium has been on a rollercoaster ride throughout the jewelry industry. Its beneficial properties can also act as its downfall
Emergency and Renzo Piano together to build Entebbe Children Surgical Hospital
Twenty percent of the project was paid for by the Ugandan Ministry of Health. Built with the rammed rammed earth technique, the hospital has more than two thousand solar panels
The Four Cs’ of Traceability – Tiffany & Co. tracing a diamond back to the mine
Cut, Colour, Clarity, and Carat: the grading sCut, Color, Clarity, and Carat: the grading system that delineates the quality and price of a given stone. Today, consumers are looking for...
We keep on repeating this: circular economy is needed to tackle climate change
In 2015 the Paris Climate agreement fixed the goal to return to pre-industrial temperature levels, Christiana Ms. Figueres, former Executive Secretary, UN Convention
Roof gardens – returning what architecture has taken from the land
Le Corbusier is just one of the architects and urban planners of the twentieth century who measured themselves on the theme of the roof and hanging garden
Petros Efstathiadis unproductive machines are reminiscent of Modern Times
An idea prevailing upon another, an end with nothing heroic and no explanation - in conversation with Petros Efstathiadis
Disassembling discarded objects to reassemble them back: Nicole McLaughlin plan
The New York-based designer considers her work as the opposite of what Marie Kondo values, encouraging her audience to keep what they have
Carbon labelling: carbon consumption on the same level as nutritional information
Being aware of the carbon release of the purchased products, an act of transparency towards consumers for an informed buying experience
Malhia Kent: albersesque weaves of block-colored stripes and geometric shapes
Eve Corrigan uses materials that are harder to weave, she has to use much older styles of looms that run more slowly. «I’m not interested in quickly mass-producing five-euro textiles»
Dear Tea Pot: Takuro Kuwata and the fine line between the accidental and the purposeful
The Japanese ceramist, explains how studying Japanese traditional pottery allowed him to move it forwards with his extrovert style, and discusses his recent collaboration with Loewe
Oceanix – Human settlements on floating islands as sea levels rises
An in-depth interview with Itai Madamombe, co-founder of Oceanix, confessing, «moving onto water is not only inevitable, it is imminent»
All that I am: carrying on a conversation around self, gender and powers roles
A man is the mirror of nature, a photographic investigation that leads to the discovery of multiples within a singularity
Medusae project – Jellyfish bio-based materials, research and developments
Creating a material from ancestor's techniques, the rediscovery of collagen as a base for tissues and its collection from jellyfish
Hodakova: The Stockholm brand repurposing garments headed for landfill
1)Born from the creativity of Ellen Hodakova Larsson, Hodakova is the Swedish brand producing one-of-a-kind pieces created from repurposed materials
Sophia Wang’s MycoWorks’ Fine Mycelium – presenting their newest innovation: Reishi
Biochemistry into fashion – twenty years of scientific work fostered a mushroom-based, alternative to the fashion industry’s leather-problem. An exposition by CEO and founder Sophia Wang
David Luraschi. French-American photographer: the ‘faux dieu’ of perfection
«Sometimes when you try to be an artist making your work complicated and cryptic you are not actually being an artist». David Luraschi on the beauty of day-to-day life
Are you ready to purchase less to save the environment? A talk with Reture
«Waste - failure of the design», says Nina Van Volkinburg while discussing the profile of the Reture, a digital platform that upcycles the underused garments of global fashion designers
Stefano Graziani’s Taxonomies pay homage to Carl Linnaeus’ utopian enterprise
Taxonomies – Stefano Graziani pays homage to the father of modern taxonomy through his travels around the globe concluding his insight and studies on the naturalist
Deception game at Villa Panza: in Sudden Time Chiara Dynys toys with our perception
1. Chiara Dynys returns to Villa Panza with four site-specific installations which retrace her artistic career and revisit her recurrent themes: colors, light, the meaning of anomaly and thresholds
Biodynamic agriculture: plants and animals are working together
The Biodynamic Association is a participatory, membership-based nonprofit organization that works to nurture the North American biodynamic movement
Oscar Anton: Chocolate and music for breakfast – cartoons were a prize for the weekend
«What is the opposite of waiting for release? To release as many songs as I can» Oscar Anton challenges the limits of the music industry
Y-40: scientific researches in the deepest thermal pool in the world
With Italian materials, technology and know-how, innovation was applied to the underwater world at Y-40 The Deep Joy
The universal language of geometries is the focus for Damien Poulain
Influenced since his childhood by advertising and billboards, Damien Poulain developed a style that draws from graphic design, architecture and other cultures
Women’s jobs are 1.8 times more vulnerable than men’s jobs due to the crisis
True to its Roman roots, Bulgari has increasingly invested in conserving the past and ensuring the future, not just through design, but through arts and education initiatives
Is Pandora properly leading the way in affordable, sustainable jewelry?
As the biggest seller of jewelry in the world, Pandora could move the industry forward with its lab-created diamonds
Nona Source, the platform aiming at reducing LVMH luxury deadstock fabrics
LVMH brands luxury deadstock fabrics at competitive prices: the project is committed to support a circular fashion economy model
In 2000 Nino Cerruti sold Cerruti 1881 and dedicated himself to the Lanificio Fratelli Cerruti
The Italian primacy in the processing of fabrics is also a matter of water – fresh, poor in minerals and calcium. Yarns and human paths in eastern Piedmont, the textile...
Kirsi Enkovaara: a retail experience with a person behind every product
«There is a gap between industry knowledge and the consumer knowing where the products come from and how they are made». In conversation with the Founder and Creative Director of...
Silver made in Italy – Giovanni Raspini, cerapersa and bronzobianco techniques
Italy hosts a heritage of shaping noble metals that traces back to the 5th century B.C. Its history is a rich one and Giovanni Raspini is proud to honor it...
Yovanovitch, creator and curator. Selecting pre-made objects to embellish spaces
Guided by Cardin’s idea of space, Yovanovitch’s perfectionism and attention to detail bely the interior’s surface wit and whimsicality. «The dress is a vase which the body follows»
Alex Black proposes a technical study in the materiality of photo paper
Ready-made from home combined in a rigid and calculated sense of composition. Man Ray's lesson: a photogram is a recording of the physical nature of light
Probiotic clothing, not sci-fi but science: wearing a base layer made of bacterial colonies
«There are more bacteria in your armpits than there are humans on this planet». How genes, environments, and clothing effectuate a human’s body odors
108 days of Summer through the lens of film director Peter Spark
Perfecting the practice of lazy summer days. Peter Spark captures the essence of summertime through photographs that speak of salty kisses and sun on your skin
Södra. Climate-smart products based on renewable raw materials from the forest
Taking advantage of raw materials from the forest to produce dissolving pulp will later close the textile industry loop. The story of Södra and the OnceMore initiative
From mangoes to leather: Fruitleather, the idea of two classmates
From the Rotterdam harbor straight to the Fruitleather workspace: the story of Hugo and Koen repurposing rotten mangoes in the European biggest trade-hubs, Netherlands
Environmental data is not only a carbon measuring tool – it tells us what a tree is feeling
Dutch eco-awareness artist Thijs Biersteker’s recent work illustrates the complexity of plant communication. Finnish futurologist and author Risto Linturi explores the promises and pitfalls of virtual reality
Manual versus automatic concepts – Nabil Nayal is mixing old and new patterns
Syrian designer, Nabil Nayal, brings the concept of affordable sustainability combining historical and contemporary patterns
Mantero Seta Re-silk: producing a regenerated material with 100 percent silk by-products
Mantero Seta: tracing the environmental footprint on virgin silk production to ensure that the environmentally harmful steps of virgin silk production are avoided
E-Trees – Energy and Water Trees: the value of a building on its impact on the planet
Water Trees collect dew overnight through a thirty-degree funnel disc. «We can learn from nature and incorporate it into the design». In conversation with Architect Andrea Debilio
