Tag: Naturally Sourced
Titanium: one of the lightest yet one of the strongest metals used in jewelry
Since the Seventies, titanium has been on a rollercoaster ride throughout the jewelry industry. Its beneficial properties can also act as its downfall
Sophia Wang’s MycoWorks’ Fine Mycelium – presenting their newest innovation: Reishi
Biochemistry into fashion – twenty years of scientific work fostered a mushroom-based, alternative to the fashion industry’s leather-problem. An exposition by CEO and founder Sophia Wang
Biodynamic agriculture: plants and animals are working together
The Biodynamic Association is a participatory, membership-based nonprofit organization that works to nurture the North American biodynamic movement
Y-40: scientific researches in the deepest thermal pool in the world
With Italian materials, technology and know-how, innovation was applied to the underwater world at Y-40 The Deep Joy
Uganda: textiles deriving from the bark of trees – the Bark cloth case
From the Ugandan tradition comes the creation of a type of fabric derived from the bark of trees, produced manually with a cost close to zero
Nona Source, the platform aiming at reducing LVMH luxury deadstock fabrics
LVMH brands luxury deadstock fabrics at competitive prices: the project is committed to support a circular fashion economy model
In 2000 Nino Cerruti sold Cerruti 1881 and dedicated himself to the Lanificio Fratelli Cerruti
The Italian primacy in the processing of fabrics is also a matter of water – fresh, poor in minerals and calcium. Yarns and human paths in eastern Piedmont, the textile...
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
Moroccan mindset and artisans are key to LRNCE’s lifestyle brand of handmade pieces
«Every piece is a small part of Morocco, it’s a small part of me, it’s bringing two worlds together». Laurence Leenaert on LRNCE’s connection to the local craftsmanship and raw...
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
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
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
Giuseppe Buccinnà leather research in civil engineering and contemporary arts
Giuseppe Buccinnà: leather, accessories, and designs from the mind of a civil engineer and fashion designer in Milan
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
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...
Dzek and the Venetian Terrazzo of today, «revealing the inherent quality of a stone»
In its eight years of existence, Dzek Studio has put just two products on the market «Having that microscopic understanding of a material will change people’s approach»
