Tag: Naturally Sourced
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...
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
Tranquillity, Davines. The beauty industry would be less polluting if it started with agriculture
Founded in Parma, Italy in 1983 by the Bollati family, the Davines group has been devoted to comprehensive sustainability for over twenty years
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 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
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
Hemp for the textile industry: a clothing and fabric collection
Prototipo studio presents fiber, yarns, fabrics, and a collection of iconic Italian hemp garments: polo shirt, shirt, hoodie, Tyrolean jacket, vest, bomber
Recycled wood – pine needles and the byproduct of our forests
«You have a moral obligation to consider the impact of what you are creating» designer Tamara Orjola – investigating the use of pine needles
Under Armour signs deal with Hemp Black for supply worth 9M$ supply
Hemp Black/eco6 is a carbon-neutral yarn from industrial hemp. Due to their technical properties natural fibers are gaining more attraction for activewear and sportswear apparels
Latest from the supply chain: how jeans production has changed
What are the steps that have led the industry to a conscious product? From the production of yarns, to natural indigo and the use of new techniques to replicate the...
Enea’s zero-waste approach: turning arthropods byproducts into chitosan
Chitosan extraction from marine resources and fungi: Enea Trisaia Research’s goal to achieve sustainable, cost-effective, and large-scale production that doesn’t rely on petrochemicals
From beans to buildings: recycle coffee grounds to make eco concrete
New research by RMIT engineers published in the Journal of Cleaner Production shows how we could improve concrete by adding an everyday type of waste to it: spent coffee grounds
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
Chromatic Shifts: the impact of climate change on flower pigmentation and pollination
The science behind the silent transformation of flora due to climate change. Pigment changes could make plants less attractive to pollinators
Cacao Agroforestry: the Cacao tree is a symbol of the tropical forest’s preservation
Every time a tree is burned, its stored carbon is released. The planet is getting warmer because we are eliminating shade. In conversation with Diego Badaro, founder AMMA Chocolates
Washi, the art of Japanese papermaking: ancient craft, modern possibilities?
Japanese washi paper, a millennial UNESCO-certified heritage: what’s holding it back from becoming a sustainable solution for fashion and artisanal crafting
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»
The denim industry leaves cotton behind. Levi’s and VirgoCoop the cottonized hemp
Denim production considers further investments on hemp to replace cotton. The cases of Levi’s hemp selvedge 501 jeans and Nimes’s Futura 75 variety in partnership with VirgoCoop
The Mangrove roots build up nurseries for organisms and ecosystems
Protecting from predators, strong heat, and forceful tides mangrove roots help the biosphere and remove five times more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than terrestrial forests
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
Hemp scutching: the process to separate the fiber from the hemp hurd
The process of hemp scutching – Hemp fiber must be free from the woody hemp hurd (also named canapule): the difference between short fiber and long fiber
Climate change awareness and weight among the public – an international perspective
A report published ahead of COP27 by Ipsos showed that sixty-five percent of British citizens support subsidies making environmentally friendly technologies cheaper
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
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
Milan Design Week, contemporary design scene: Draga & Aurel – «We are just kids»
When design is not just design, but a zestful contamination of influences, creative energies and heterogeneous backgrounds. Draga & Aurel speak with Lampoon
Psychedelia: the visual vocabulary – Lampoon the RuVido Issue with Gary Card
«My intention was to make something beautiful and classical and then figure out how do I f**k it up? Make something pretty, but layer it by inserting rawness»
The praise of the delirium and the abnormal – Gelitin for Lampoon 27
The Gelatins by DNA are immersed in the world of subculture and subordinates. They are under the surface, exploring what to bring up to Earth
Veja — transparency is more efficient than advertising
French-based footwear brand has a presence in over fifty countries and has sold two million pairs of their sleek sneakers since their inception in 2004 — all without advertising
Interview with Yoshiyuki Miyamae: from Japan, fashion in Paris, design in Milan
Much more than a fashion brand, A-POC ABLE sets out to weave the future by engaging different creative minds and professionals in collaborative projects and multidisciplinary conversations
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
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
What are the health consequences of fossil fuel overreliance?
Since 2015, the average global exposure to urban green space has stayed low: 27% of urban centres were classified as moderately green or more in 2021
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
Oasi Cashmere – Zegna and The Elder Statesman joins Italian and American heritage
The styles are reinterpreted in off-kilter patterns and casual cuts in collaboration with Bailey Hunter, Creative Director of The Elder Statesman and Zegna Creative director Alessandro Sartori
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
Producing wine on water: Venetian vineyard management and vinification
The value of wine to Venetian history are be discerned in the city’s toponymy. Elements that define the vineyards of Venice include traditional architecture and indigenous vines
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
Ambre Chromatique, Maison Crivelli: Thibaud Crivelli introduces the Slow perfume
Thibaud Crivelli worked with the French perfumier Quentin Bisch to transform the memory of a night trek in a tropical forest into a fragrance – everything starts from a synesthesia
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
The failure of FTX means a new crypto crisis: where do NFTs stand?
Is the crypto crisis affecting NFT? Some see them as evil and some as the future of art. A model to be analyzed, to offer new perspectives
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
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
Fashion B.E.S.T: Cittadellarte‘s project as an application of Michelangelo Pistoletto’s ideas
An effort against eco-unconsciousness since 2009 – the Third Paradise is the third phase of humanity, a balanced connection between artifice and nature to ensure the survival of humankind
59th edition, FILO – Paolo Monfermoso, abandoning the notions of trends
For the 59th edition of the event, with its ‘Imaginary geographies’, FILO proposes textile themes focused on product research in a creative dialogue with its exhibitors
