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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
In Fendi, craftsmanship lies in fur and leather: Kim Jones proceeding with a responsible sourcing
Instead of pushing on a new approach for Fendi, Kim Jones rifles through the archives of the house, observing what Karl Lagerfeld did and what Silvia Venturini Fendi has been...
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...
Renewcell’s Circulose – closing the loop on fashion. A product made from discarded cotton
Renewcell’s Circulose aims to optimize reactivity, viscosity, and brightness for efficient use within the textile industry’s value chain. In conversation with Harald Cavalli-Bjorkman
The Girl With The Black Bag, the Simone bag campaign film
Hermès have unveiled its campaign film ’The Girl With The Black Bag’ starring the Simone Hermes bag, firstly seen on the runway in the Fall–Winter 19 show in Paris
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
Only 30 percent of the Fashion Pact’s members have mapped their supply chains
Sonia Hylling: The main focus for a sustainable future is creating Net Positive impacts through disruptive innovations in design and system thinking for brands to become regenerative
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
Organic basics’ circular denim project – Re-designing sustainable denim
Danish brand looks to unpick fashion’s processes and start from scratch with a green supply chain that is transparent about its practices
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...
MoDusArchitects’ heterogeneous body of works: private homes, school buildings small-scale infrastructures
The latest project by the Italian architectural firm based in Bressanone consists in the renovation of a traditional alpine lodge located within South Tyrol’s Dolomites UNESCO World Heritage site
Rely solely on the skill of the artisan is perilous for a designer – Ronan Bouroullec
«When you see your work has a social impact, people continue to work and to survive». Ronan Bouroullec on how centering the artisan can lead to a sustainable industry
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
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
Nudity: the flesh, the body, and the divine in the character of Planthropocene
Body is sacred, nudity is art, and nature is a living being. Bianca Lee Vasquez seeks the veracity and the reverence nature holds with living beings: «We need to see...
Past and future in Iran: can money become a religion again?
The decline of the ideological factions and installation of a metamodern consumer hedonism has even managed to take hold in the Persia of legends
Patricia Urquiola and the gamble of designing from secondhand materials
Fun Aristocracy: Inlays and buildings, damasks and plots, some exponents of a ‘Fun Aristocracy’ – talents undeclared from titles
Urban waste and recycling – Dansk Retursystem tackling a centuries-old problem
In 2019, 502 kg of municipal waste per capita were generated on average in the EU, with Romania generating 208 kg of municipal waste and Denmark producing 844 kg of...
