«Institutions, despite the many cultural battles, have not yet separated artistic craftsmanship from the generic profession of craftsman». Ugo La Pietra for Lampoon

Central Saint-Martins graduate, Arina Shokouhi, invents an alternative the avocados with the goal to steer people towards a more sustainable option: enter the Ecovado

Art is not fixed: Sodi’s pieces change according to the environment – and people – they are exposed to. Bosco Sodi unveils the latest show at Palazzo Vendramin Grimani in Venice

Rubinacci follows a responsible approach since the 1930s. «Artisans work with fine raw materials, such as pure virgin wool, cashmere or linen: they don’t waste anything»

Architect Debora Bordogni and designer Claudio Acquaviva found in Val Seriana the perfect ecosystem for their design studio where methodology and research hold sway

Developments in the dehumidification sector to allow government buildings reaching their zero-emission goals. An interview with Scot Duncan, inventor of HEDS

Biologist Hal Alper on the self-producing enzyme who thrives on PET products – it is able to break apart plastic polymers and give back virgin material without any loss of integrity

One species of fish is the perfect candidate for fish leather and environmental activists aren’t against it. Inversa launches Invasive Lionfish leather products from sneakers to watches

The lithe social muscle of an early freelancer: «As a reader and later as a writer of his character, it was not difficult to imagine [Gabriel Guevrekian] in Gertrude Stein’s house or in a poetry session with Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald»

Dana Davis, Vice President of Sustainability at Mara Hoffman, discusses local production as a solution to the global supply chain crisis of inflated costs