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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
Senegal, a bridge to Milan: Maria Manga balances her roots
«More than a search for elements of inspiration, the roots of the past balance the union between what is and what will be»
Matthew Drinkwater on Digital Fashion: why do industry leaders consider it a dilution of quality?
Matthew Drinkwater, head of The Innovation Agency in London talks about using neural networks for new designs, the early stages of digitizing the catwalk
A childhood beguiled by hands weaving tapestries
We must learn from our antecedents. Fashion designer Cecilia del Carmen Juarez Balta embodies the meaning drawn from her roots and the memory of Peru
Lighting industry: a conversation about design, materials and the LED bulbs
A New York-based artist works with biodegradable plastics to create the outer shell of lamps, merging fashion, science, and engineering while seeking to find sustainable options
Cerith Wyn Evans on art as a deep-seated homeopathic tradition
The largest-ever solo exhibition of Cerith Wyn Evans at HangarBicocca, Milan. In Lampoon’s February 2020 issue, the artist spoke to Rome-based curator Cornelia Lauf
Flowers and Art: William Farr puts together flowers and waste materials
«It’s a statement on nature, detritus, about chaos and about human hunt». William Farr’s artworks questioning on materialistic obsessions and human assumptions
Vitelli – Sustainability is not buzz-word anymore, we need to be honest
A conversation with the founding duo at Vitelli: wools from landfills, the use of hand-machines and an old technique to create a new felted fabric
Moroccan mindset and artisans are key to LRNCE’s lifestyle brand of handmade pieces
«Every piece is a small part of Morocco, it’s a small part of me, it’s bringing two worlds together». Laurence Leenaert on LRNCE’s connection to the local craftsmanship and raw...
Bacterial dyes in the textile industry – a conversation with Karin Fleck from Vienna Textile Lab
While the dyeing industry is looking for sustainable alternatives, Vienna Textile is going to bring to the market a new dye made from bacteria.
The poetry of masturbation and self-pleasure explained in a documentary
Masturbation, shame and societal taboos are the point of discussion of the independent documentary Four verses of self-pleasure
Roots in the Sky – London will see its first rooftop forest in 2024
With a hundred grown trees and thousands of plants, it will be accessible by the offices in the building as well as the local community
Brooks Shane Salzwedel’s photography, between the possible and the imagined
Salzwedel uses his inner strength and inner child to tell his story: a self-created process involving different materials to portray natural and unnatural landscapes
From Tela Stella to Kevlar, the history of the Stone Island brand
What have in common an Italian paninaro from the Eighties, an English rocker from the Nineties, and an American rapper from the Noughties? Stone Island, a brand with a die-hard...
Vegan substitutes to traditional raw materials in fashion: ethical rose petal fiber
Suitable for blending or nonwovens, rose petal fiber is an eco-friendly alternative to silk, one major environmental polluter
Cutting bodies and pasting parts: the art of Pablo Thecuadro
The wholeness of his artwork forms a jigsaw puzzle against a backdrop made of cutouts, the reflection of the Spanish artist as a collage artist
From Yemen to Peru, traveling around the world through the photographs of Richard de Tscharner
Music and photography: the exhibition Il canto della Terra is not only an ode to the earth, but also a way to honor the work of Austrian composer Gustav Mahler
The Metro-Forest: An ecological forest in Bangkok’s urban jungle
«Landscape does not have to be so controlled; it will, nature helps the landscape evolve». In conversation with Tawatchai Kobkaikit, TK studio’s founder and managing director
A.B.O. THEATRON. Art or Life traces the career and life of Achille Bonito Oliva
«I never cared too much about what I have done in the past, I only care about what I am going to do when I grow up». An exhibition celebrates...
Even if you wear it wrong, you’re wearing it right: Y/Project X Fila – Glenn Martens
Glenn Martens’ brought Paris Men’s Fashion Week to a close with his capsule collection with Fila, producing hybrid pieces of layered sweatshirts and split polo-neck collars
Climate mitigation and adaptation on the North Sea – Gothenburg’s holistic approach
To curb Gothenburg's environmental impact, the emissions within the city’s geographical area will be reduced by at least ten-point-three percent per year until 2030
