Circular Economy
Using beauty and ugliness together – Thirza Schaap’s plastic waste sculptures
Hidden behind the surface – In her photographs, Dutch artist Thirza Schaap uses plastic waste as a material to create sculptures that mix daintiness and disgust
COP28 – we had 27 conferences already and still no real outputs
UAE Dubai's COP28: Nations around the world have taken measures towards dealing with the climate catastrophe, but with time its consequences have only worsened
Climate change and infectious diseases – understating how the arthropod vectors work
Climate change and arthropod vectors - new research shows that climate change is causing the diffusion of the arthropod vectors in higher elevations and latitudes
BIG and Vestre: the most efficient factory in the world is built in Norway
Transparency, renewable energy, burnt wood and production flows. Optimizing to build the factory of the future: BIG and Vestre present The Plus
Fact-checking: is the use of coal making a comeback? – An international analysis
Expansion of renewables will lead to a decline of twenty-eight percent in the EU power sector's CO2 emissions by 2025 and in fossil fuel-fired generation from 2023
Trashion Report – Clothing waste from Europe is harming people and nature in Kenya
Trashion, the stealth export of waste plastic clothes to Kenya – Wealthy countries' fashion addiction is impacting the Global South through the used clothes trade
NM3 – contemporary modernism: raw materials, geometric rigor and functionality
Milan Design Week 2023 - the Milan-based studio presents Sistema, a collection of lamps designed in collaboration with 6:AM Glassworks
Kayako Oki and Samuel Yal cases: between low-tech craft and audiovisual research
There is an area of audiovisual production that has always preferred broken word, timelessness, a-logical relations and spatial alteration. A rough ode to the non-fictional production
Is silk sustainable? Mulberry silk and the chance of a spider web
Spider-silk is estimated to be one of the natural fabrics of the future because of its strength. Tougher by weight than the steel of the same diameter, and as strong...
Endemic design: Fernando Laposse bringing the focus back to outsourced Mexico
Fernando Laposse: «designing is not just a matter of materials». When social justice, unemployment, climate change, mass migration and violence are at stake
A planet-friendly future begins with respectful textiles: Pangaia’s case study
Accelerating toward an Earth Positive Future combining design, purpose, new and advanced technologies that build on the properties of natural materials, PANGAIA case
Biodegradable fireworks through the air – SPARK, sustainable pyrotechnics
Winning the Dutch Creativity Awards 2022 and 3 Lovie Awards, the fourth chapter of the Dreamscapes series omits traditional fireworks for biodegradable sparks of light
Flax – is it a forgotten fiber? Introducing Inflaxuation by CQ Studio
CQ Studio reinvents a material that has been around for centuries to showcase how the fashion industry can sync up with other systems to ensure long term sustainability. The flax...
From the Roman Empire to Valentino: Tyrian purple’s extraction is now sustainable
History and specifics of a century year old pigment. Valentino’s dare to create a monochrome collection that has given new lifeblood to the brand
Prada keeps on working with nylon – but searching for solutions
Italian companies fight marine pollution by giving new life to discarded fishing gear, joining hands with Prada to transform recycled nylon into high fashion
Revived long lost material that could elevate the leather industry: fish skin
An interview with Nienke Hoogvliet, conceptual designer from the Netherlands: she works with new materials with the aim to raise awareness on marine pollution
Microalgae grown biomass from filtered polluted air. The making of biopolymers
London: Otrivin Air Lab harvests carbon dioxide, purifies air, grow algae biomass and 3D print biodegradable products in a workshop space format
Fraud and false declaration, what’s behind organic cotton certifications
To understand the true nature of cotton, a testing technique has been developed to unearth any GMOs or pesticides on the final product, the case of Analytical Group
Biodegradability and low-impact dyeing. The next step of jeans at Denim Première Vision
Denim mills bring more sustainable innovation to the Première Vision trade show in Milano with biodegradable clothing and zero-waste dyeing techniques
Discovered pigment producing bacteria: challenging the textile dyeing process
Plant-based pigments as a sustainable alternative to textile dyes, don’t work as much as we would have hoped for. A conversation with designer Laura Luchtman
Artichokes and Peapods: record high waste turning into packaging
With the world creating twice as much plastic garbage as it did twenty years ago and only 9% being properly recycled comes Packioli: turning food waste into biodegradable packaging
Restoring peatlands in Finland: the case of alternative filling materials
This Finland-based start-up is looking to replace fossil and animal-based filling materials with a plant-based one: the result includes carbon-negative promotion and peatland restoration
Textiles made with human hair: a wasted resource for the industry?
The design industry could benefit from the use of natural fiber - but at what cost? Comparing hair and wool, raw materials whose characteristics are alike
Globalization is over: Ugo La Pietra’s master class about craftsmanship
«Institutions, despite the many cultural battles, have not yet separated artistic craftsmanship from the generic profession of craftsman». Ugo La Pietra for Lampoon
Ecovado — a British-made avocado made using beans, apples and walnuts
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
Raw materials: What Goes Around Comes Around, Bosco Sodi, Palazzo Grimani in Venice
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...
Craftsmanship, to obtain the maximum with the minimum – Talking to Luca Rubinacci
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»
Officina Magisafi. Designing timeless solutions – from traditional handcraft and local know-how
Architect Debora Bordogni and designer Claudio Acquaviva found in Val Seriana the perfect ecosystem for their design studio where methodology and research hold sway
What are the costs of relative humidity control? Discovering HEDS technology
Developments in the dehumidification sector to allow government buildings reaching their zero-emission goals. An interview with Scot Duncan, inventor of HEDS
If plastic could disappear: on the potential of enzymatic depolymerization
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
Lionfish numbers reached a peak saturation point in Florida’s waters. Inversa addresses the issue
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
Teasing Lampoon’s newly published Muscles Issue — The Elusive Modernist in conversation with Hamed Khosravi
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...
Onshore artisans at NYC’s Mara Hoffman: geopolitical tensions and the globalized world
Dana Davis, Vice President of Sustainability at Mara Hoffman, discusses local production as a solution to the global supply chain crisis of inflated costs
Textile recycle in Italy – How to avoid the waste of scraps from the industry
In Italy there are companies and cooperatives that can inform the fashion system on the value of use, instead of possession, of garments and textiles
Slow fashion and electronic e-waste – an endeavor towards the jewelry industry
Ashley Heather, founder of AuTerra, walks us through the philosophy behind a model of jewelry production that aims to return to a concept of ‘slow fashion’
Range of biosynthetic expands to microbially fermented protein materials – Spiber yarn
Spiber Inc. is a Japanese biotechnology company developing synthetic protein material via a microbial fermentation process, that uses sugars
Dutch couple creates first of its kind in-home water recycling system: Hydraloop
An awarding winning, in-home water recycling system featured in the new Netflix documentary Brave Blue World, is reshaping and reducing domestic water consumption
Forest Stewardship Council looking into the supply chain — from fiber to fashion
The other side of the environmental aspect, in which FSC is looking into if the forest is safeguarding biodiversity and protecting water resources connected to the forest
End-of-life materials: the case of Rester recovery fiber plant
Rester’s recovered fiber plant might not have created 100% biodegradable fibers for every fiber type it produces, but it has prolonged the life of textile and lessen its emissions
As Do-it-yourself advances, could consumerism recede? DIY trends
In conversation with trend forecasters Anna Maroncelli and Harleen Sabharwal on exploring the antidote to consumerism
Reducing microplastics – could or could not hybrid fiber be a viable solution?
Blending recycled polyester and natural hemp fibers together – are brands able to produce a more eco-friendly alternative to the workout clothes?
Freitag proves that completely compostable clothing is not a myth
Exploring two diverse approaches to circularity through end-of-life value chains in recycling and composting models by Swiss brand Freitag
Hooked Foods – Overfishing and Aquaculture: demanding for seafood, an alternative is needed
Vega tuna and fish imitation. The Swedish-based start-up has come up with an idea to make a plant-based fish to tackle the issue of overfishing - Hooked Foods introduction
«We cannot produce natural resources, but we use them better» – AMF Neccessories
AMF Necessories’ sustainable core strategy. «We create luxury items as a vehicle for giving people a better job, making the air cleaner, and contributing to a better future»
What’s in my clothes? What we grow and what we wear? A Textile Garden
Through a living installation, ‘A Textile Garden’ serves food for thought: what is the relationship between what we grow and what we wear?
Why should Singapore amp up water conservation efforts to green 80% of its buildings?
Ravinder Sajwan, CEO of Renew Group, talks about why greening 80% of Singapore’s buildings by 2030 should start with water conservation
