Sustainable Matters
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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...
From Field to Fashion – The Savory Institute puts farmers at the forefront
Through their work they have built 47 global hubs, have signed up more than 100 accredited professionals, trained nearly 15,000 land managers and sustainably developed nearly 15,000 hectares of land
Farah Diba, the Empress: «with great power comes great responsibility»
«In the end, I decided to visit Niavaran Palace, almost as if this were an implicit tribute to my mother» - the Italian writer and architect Gianni Biondillo on history...
How to act sustainable: Sustainable Thinking the Salvatore Ferragamo’s way
Salvatore Ferragamo launched Sustainable Thinking, a digital platform in eight different languages: a new era is marked as Mr. Marco Gobbetti is appointed CEO of the company
Fashion is designed in UK, made in Italy and sold in France – Race to Zero recap
In conversation with Marina Iremonger, the Head of Trade team at DIT, and Oliver Wayman, the co-founder of Bottletop: «The engagement is the driver. How can we translate this message...
How the Lumiar School Project is rewilding Wiltshire through reforestation and bee populations
Four steps to create a 100% organic and self-sustaining new forest: how the Lumiar School Project employs the Miyawaki Method in Wiltshire
King Chameleon. A conversation with Liu Bolin
«The chameleon changes colour to conform to the background as a form of self-protection. Humans are not animals because they cannot protect themselves»
Eileen Fisher’s Regenerative Wool: restoring Patagonia’s Grasslands with sheep
Patagonia Grasslands are facing desertification because of years of overgrazing and hard weather conditions, but Regenerative Grazing can be the solution
Poetry of a Prototype – It’s a matter of love. Lampoon’s Editor’s Letter
Prototype is about challenging ourselves with experimental assets, turning the other cheek. We have cried enough and faced a brave new world
Why should we practice biodiversity?
Understanding forest health has become an increasing priority for the European Union with accelerating diseases affecting valued trees across the world and city temperatures rising
Weengushk Film Institute building in the Canadian Island of Manitoulin
Using iced water as insulation in cold northern climates as a solution: Architect Stefano Pujatti is building a cinema school in Canada with filmmaker Shirley Cheechoo
Edible garments: why eating your hat was not a proposition before?
Lecturer Oonagh O’Hagan and researcher Cassandra Quinn from UAL are working on bringing bio design and edible garments into the industry
The color of stones can’t be changed – Bruno and Iacopo Lastrucci and the last workshop
«You have a picture in your mind and in your eyes, but it might take four or five years to complete». Father and son and the search for stones for...
Spun merino wool: clothing for dancing with antibacterial properties
Knit products will not sit in the heritage field. Talking with knitwear designer Rebecca Marsden about dipping your toe in the water that has not been touched
Milkywire – How Gen Z are moving charitable giving online
Gen Z are becoming the driving forces for change on climate action. Forms like apps are showing an easier way to connect with grassroot climate organizations
Mujolab: originating from Buddhism, it refers to the impermanence of all being
A product as a tool to enact change - Mujolab is not solely about creating a plastic alternative, but about opening a dialogue that spurs people to question and reflect
Deadstock and Vintage: redesigning of luxury goods at Paris re Made
Sourcing deadstock, re-designing classics and the future of vintage. A discussion on the circular model
Goppion — a Northern Italian network of craftsmen and co-makers
Whenever a high-value work is encased in a refined glass structure at a museum — freestanding, wall-standing, wall-mounted, or recessed — it is likely that Goppion is behind it
The New European Bauhaus: «sectoral, geographical and age diversity»
The Bauhaus was founded at a time of transformation - the time we are now living in is just as transformative - talking to Xavier Troussard, head of the project
Fashion certifications: how they can help brands to address transparency
Reviewing some of the certifications fashion brands are using to claim to be respecting the UN Agenda for Sustainable Development
In Denmark, LastObject is saving plastics — banishing single-use everyday items
Billions of q-tips and other single-use items are thrown away each year. Danish company LastObject wants to eliminate them, one product design at a time, while tackling plastic waste
Traceability and Transparency – these are the keywords that really matter
Applying traceability technologies in the fashion industry would bring benefits to companies. From QR-codes to RFI-chips, an insight of some practices that help to achieve it
Aura Blockchain: the privatization of a blockchain is the way forward
Luxury fashion and the Italian textile industry are both relying on blockchain to move them into a new age – who will come out on top?
ReGen Villages – Reversing the urbanization logic: what if the answer were rural areas?
Regen is «developing a technology that you won’t even know it’s there» to build ecovillages based on the principle of circularity
Aerium — the self-sustaining future of flight
airlines to go net zero: all steps of aviation, from buildings and staff vehicles, to emissions during flight are expected to be fully carbon neutral
Tiempo De Zafra – How to save a Caribbean’s lost paradise believing in crafting
«When it rains, water rises out of the river and takes the waste with it» Stephanie Bazzarae Rodrigues says: «All of that funnels into the Caribbean Ocean»
Herd Wear – Wool can be circular and environmentally-friendly, but only if processed with care
«The British wool industry has been neglected in the past fifty years, but it used to be a business in the past»: Ruth Rands is revamping the wool industry in...
Indian craft is beyond just supply – in conversation with Harikrishnan on craft, cuts, and latex
The Indian designer on creating a collection based on human imagery from the perception of his 14 inch family pug, looking up at the world around him
Lampoon, The Transition issue – Dr. Hakan Karaosman talking with Prof. Donald Huisingh
A cleaner and fairer supply chain: representation and inclusion are needed for the transition to a low-carbon circular economy
Regenerative agriculture in fashion: the actions for creating viable raw materials
Regenerative Fund For Nature: conservation organization aims at bringing the luxury world closer to the practices in the establishment of raw material production
Is zero waste just a new marketing move or a properly transparent practice?
In conversation with Holly McQuillan, who discusses the misconception in the zero waste term and suggests new machinery and business models as alternatives in promoting the system
Cabanon – How a small wooden cabin is redefining consumption and consumerism
Do contemporary houses encourage wasteful living? In conversation with London-based architect and artist, Nicolas Henninger
