RAW MATERIALS

hemp

The link between hemp and female empowerment

Hemp cultivation as a form of female empowerment and womanity. The story of the European beguines and the hemp work that inspired the Sisters of the Valley

Martina Tondo

raw materials

Bacterial stunts and molds at Margiela – from 1997 till today

Who remembers Martin Margiela’s bacterial stunt from 1997? Mold on clothes, multiplied in the backyards of contemporary museums. Retracing the technique used in the exhibition

Anna Roos van Wijngaarden

raw materials

Green colonialism: raw materials rush props up

Raw materials – an estimated 100 billion tons (Gt) of raw materials are mined each year. Of these, over 90% came from virgin resources. Less than 10% is coming from recycling

Roberta Fabbrocino

raw materials

When length matters: wool carbon footprint’s impact

The wool debate: Environmental Effects of worsted versus woolen processing – insights for sustainable fashion. When fiber fineness is synonym with luxury but carries environmental concerns

Martina Tondo

hemp

Ukraine’s sustainable recovery plan: industrial hemp

The European Commission €50 billion aid proposal to enhance Ukraine’s compliance with EU regulations: supporting agricultural independence and sustainable reconstruction practices

Martina Tondo

urbanism

Urban Forestry: Stockholm is a Wood City

A city of wood: though there has been recent interest in Biophilic Urbanism and the existence of wooden structures, no project of this size has been created out of this raw material

Editorial Team

Reportage

What do you bring to the table? Spuma’s Purpose Economy model

The current driving force of the global catering service. Companies reliance on tailor made catering and quality raw materials service to accommodate the needs of today’s market

Martina Tondo

raw materials

Fili Pari on bridging the gap between marble and fabric – Italian raw materials

The Renaissance artist Michaelangelo could free an image from a marble block, as he used to say. Italian start-up Fili Pari has turned a material such as marble into a sustainable textile for the industry

Martina Tondo

naturally sourced

Sustainable textile industry: Lycra Company get rid of fossil-based spandex

Dismissing Plastic. Eyeballing the need for a sustainable textile industry, The Lycra Company replaces synthetic spandex with a fiber made with a naturally sourced ingredient: corn

Anna Roos van Wijngaarden

naturally sourced

The environmental impact of garments at the center: Filter by fabric

The arrival of EU regulations and the push of brands toward an ethical and transparent system with respect to the consumer, beyond the Woolmark Company initiative

Chiara Narciso

prada

Prada on the Moon: spacesuit design and the NASA’s next lunar mission

Prada’s venture in space wear: AxEMU (Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit) a legacy of innovation in the use of raw materials, nylons, and manufacturing technology. NASA’s Artemis III mission

Martina Tondo

naturally sourced

Sea resources: Bysco’s naturally sourced textile fiber from mussel waste

Bysco developed a textile fiber that comes from mussel secretions. Its technical properties can allow the replacement of synthetic fibers like fiberglass and polyester

Martina Tondo

textile fibers

Eckhaus Latta debuts 3D clothes at NY Fashion Week using Unspun technology

Luxury fashion brands are also to blame for excessive waste in the industry. Eckhaus Latta collection at NYFW features first pieces made with Unspun’s Vega™3D weaving technology

Martina Tondo

naturally sourced

Oil production: a raw material and a sick system – Incuso restores a disrupted supply chain

Producing oil in Italy without owning an acre. From the heart of Sicily to the rest of Italy, Incuso introduces a new win-win business model, working in collaboration with people

Alessia Tu

naturally sourced

Nothing is forever, not even diamonds: from the Antwerp diamond district

Scandals linked to blood diamonds are coming back to Antwerp with the war in Ukraine. Zelensky speaks: «peace is more valuable than diamonds in shops»

Matilde Moro

textile fibers

Ganni teams up with Rubi to present a yarn from photosynthesis carbon emissions

Fashion giants Reformation and Patagonia to create prototype products : Can carbon yarn made from bio catalysis be a substitute for viscose? Ganni and Rubi working together

Martina Tondo

textile fibers

Flipping the Script: full story of cotton– Against the idea of ‘basics’

The world’s first sustainable fashion museum in Amsterdam invites consumers to expand their view on cotton beyond jeans and T-shirt with the exhibition Flipping the Script

Anna Roos van Wijngaarden

Design

Design is a metamorphosis: the manipulation process of Audrey Large and Théophile Blandet

French designers Audrey Large and Théophile Blandet: «we use digital image manipulation tools: digital manufacturing is an area for bridging virtual and physical through objects»

Agnese Torres

naturally sourced

Plant breeding – cracking plants’ clonal mode of reproduction to improve agriculture

If implemented in agriculture, the propagation process of a commercial hybrid rice strain through cloning explored in the 2022 study could lower the price of hybrid rice seeds

Reethu Ravi

call to action

We are what we fuck: microplastics are invading the male reproductive system

Traces of plastic microparticles found in semen samples of healthy men: prolonged exposure to plastic pollution might be putting the future of humanity at risk

Martina Tondo