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SUSTAINABILITY
11 September 2021

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7 Alternative Materials

Cut waste and turn it into value

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Milano Design Week is a great inspiration every year! Among the many cool exhibitions, we want to point out  7 cool projects of sustainable alternatives materials (and very innovative solutions! 💡)

All the brands we included were exposed in West-Enders exhibition held at Superstudio and curated by Materially. We also recommend having a look at experimental projects shown in Isola Design District.

Now scroll down and be inspired 👇🏽

N. 1

From bottle to art

1 plastic bottle = 1 mosaic tile
If you haven’t converted to a more sustainable drink way, consider supporting the RePlastic project! You could have the chance to see your waste transformed into art (and save it from landfill ♻️)

📌: Studio Cassio
⚗️: plastic bottle
🔮: mosaic and street art

N. 2

Bio-flooring

This floor is made of cotton and hemp spinning residues mixed with… oysters 🦪

Yes, you got that right! Mogu has designed a biomaterial to match with plant-based pigments for this insane result 🤩

📌: Mogu
⚗️: cotton and hemp scraps mixed with oyster shell pigment
🔮: flooring and acoustic panels

N. 3

Chocolate-lovers, this is for you!

This Italian-Ecuadorian team of designers has developed new biodegradable, compostable and sustainable materials using agricultural waste from cocoa crops. 👩🏻‍🌾👨🏿‍🌾

📌: Kajkao
⚗️: shell cocoa beans and cocoa crop waste
🔮: goods, packaging, decoration, construction, digital finishing

N. 4

Zero-food-waste

No, it is not a photomontage! This brand aims to reuse fruit and vegetables peel to substitute leather. Ananasse is their 100% pineapple peel material that can be used in fashion and design projects! Would you wear something made of pineapple? 🍍

📌: Verabuccia
⚗️: fruit and vegetables peel
🔮: fashion, design

N. 5

A cup of coffee

How much coffee do you drink on an average day? What if your coffee consumption could help not only yourself, but also a new industry?!  This project acts to change the end-of-waste from the industry, transforming them into a new by-product and an innovative bio-based material. ☕

📌: Coffeefrom
⚗️: exhausted coffee grounds
🔮: cups

N. 6

Bacteria dye

Forget about toxic petroleum dyes 🙅 This very innovative brand has designed a sustainable coloured biomaterial created from structurally coloured bacteria 🦠🌈 Isn’t it ingenious?! 

📌: Hoekmine BV
⚗️: bacteria
🔮: dye pigments

N. 7

Orange is the new leather

It’s going to be leather weather soon! 🍁 Discover how this brand intended to use local by-products from oranges and cactus processing to obtain an alternative leather 100% vegan and cruelty free 🍊🌵

📌: Ohoskin
⚗️: orange and cactus waste
🔮: fashion and furniture, automotive and nautic industry

TAG: alternative materials, circular, cool project, sustainability, ta-daan selection, zero waste

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