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Plant-based leathers will redefine luxury

By Abi Buller and Lavinia Fasano 16 : 05 : 2022 Fashion : Sustainability : Luxury

Joey Pringle, co-founder of alternative leather manufacturer Veshin Factory, explains how plant-based leathers can disrupt the luxury sector, and why vegan leathers are ‘complete nonsense’.

Plant-based leathers will redefine luxury

Sustainability Packaged: Dieline Forum 2023:

From co-solving to luxury redefined through craftsmanship, Dieline Forum 2023 lays the blueprint for a sustainable packaging design future.

Sustainability : Design : Packaging

The Future of Ethical Banking:

Algbra’s ESG manager Marten Möller discusses the responsibility banks must take on in an equitable and ecologically conscious world.

Technology : Finance : Sustainability

Modern Marriage:

The US wedding industry is aligning with the values of Gen Z and Millennials in relation to key issues of affordability, mental health...

Marriage : Sustainability : Youth

Brewing Coffee Futures:

The wellbeing and carbon footprint concerns of Conscious Consumers are pushing innovative coffee brands to shift their focus on quality,...

Coffee : Coffee Plus : Coffee Shop

Elevating Travel Narratives:

AboundStudio’s founder James Huntly discusses design’s role in creating meaningful brand narratives that reflect travellers’ changing...

Travel : Design : Hospitality

Subversive Sustainability Ads:

Consumers are inundated with misleading sustainability claims. Opting out of binary messages of climate doom and hope, brands are using...

Sustainability : Advertising : Design

The Overconsumption Mindset:

Dr Daniel Benkendorf, professor of psychology at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York, considers why a growing number...

Sustainable Fashion : Climate Change : Global Warming

Regenerative Luxury Jewels:

Thanks to advances in materials and manufacturing, the jewellery industry is entering a new era of sustainability.

Luxury : Sustainability : Fashion

Milan Design Week 2023 : A Future for Alternative Energy:

At Milan Design Week 2023, brands and creatives tackled the global energy crisis head on, offering tangible solutions through the lenses...

Design : Architecture : Technology

Scents and Scent-ability:

Scent is set to change the nature of health, wellbeing and self-care, according to Firmenich’s chief consumer and innovation officer,...

Beauty : Sustainability : Health And Wellness

Human Sustainability Workplaces:

Christina Disler, founder of human data analytics platform Aster, is paving the way for a workplace culture that supports human...

Workplace : Technology : Society

Six tech brands developing DIY repairable devices:

Spurred on by growing right-to-repair movements, tech brands are slowly meeting consumers’ long-standing demands for DIY repairable devices.

Mobile Phones : Sustainability : DIY

Brand Innovation Debrief: Hæckels:

With trailblazing in-house biotech and lab-grown ingredients, Hæckels is evolving into more than just a beauty brand.

Beauty : Sustainability : Technology

Right to Repair laws take on big tech:

New repairability laws are encouraging eco-aware business models. But will corporate power comply?

Media : Technology : Sustainability

Alternative Seafood Market:

As concerns about marine consumption grow, alternative seafood companies are attempting to meet environmental demands while delivering...

Food : Sustainability : Seafood

Laundry tech is reshaping circular fashion:

Wajahat Hussain and Richard Toon have created a solution to address the shrinking lifespan of garments. We discuss how Biorestore is...

Fashion : Sustainability : Technology

Leisurewear’s circular future:

Jun Kamei, founder and CEO of UK-based Amphico, on how material innovation will accelerate the leisure sector’s move to a sustainable...

Leisure : Sustainability : Materials

Solar Sustenance:

The sun is rising once again as a source of inspiration for food and drink brands, which are exploring solar sustenance as a long-term...

Food : Drink : Sustainability

How to curb clothing consumption?:

Journalist, lecturer and sustainability adviser Olivia Pinnock explores the need for de-growth in the fashion industry.

Fashion : Sustainability : Society

Towards ecology-first economics:

Dutch professor Kees Klomp on society’s economic delusion and how we can reconfigure the system to create a better future.

Society : Sustainability : Economics

Retail’s New UX Sustainability Hubs:

As consumer demand for value-driven retail increases, a new wave of Hyperphysical Stores offering sustainability-focused customer...

Retail : Sustainability : Fashion

Adaptive Appetites:

As inflation and supply chain fragility sends food and drink prices soaring, consumers and companies are adapting rapidly – embracing...

Food : Drink : Society

Dutch Design Week 2022: Designing a better future:

Creatives at Dutch Design Week 2022 confronted the critical topics of today to envisage a better tomorrow.

Dutch Design Week 2022 : Society : Technology

Dutch Design Week 2022: Expedition Æqualis by Dutch Invertuals:

We round up the five best research projects exhibited at design collective Dutch Invertuals’ Expedition Æqualis, which aims to rebalance...

Dutch Design Week 2022 : Society : Sustainability

Nature Stakeholders:

As companies face growing criticism for climate inaction, some organisations are paving the way forward by electing nature as a legal...

Sustainability : Nature : Faith In Nature

Digital Conservation:

Conservationists are using technology as a form of safeguarding through the process of digitising historical and geological specimens...

Design : Sustainability : Technology

The Paralysis Paradox:

At a time of global dissonance, shared solutions and radically disruptive innovation will emerge from science, technology and business...

Society : Sustainability : Technology

A new definition of beauty lies in sustainable materials:

Mario Cucinella, curator of the Design With Nature exhibition at Milan Design Week, on why sustainable materials are key to the future...

Design : Architecture : Sustainability

Why brand futures lie in decolonising sustainability:

Moussa Mchangama, co-founder of sustainable and ethical consultancy In Futurum, discusses why sustainable action must be approached from...

Sustainability : Lifestyle : Fashion

Milan Design Week 2022: a resilient future:

At Milan Design Week, designers and brands envisaged a resilient society, built through nature-informed architecture and...

Design : Architecture : Media And Entertainment

Plant-based leathers will redefine luxury:

Joey Pringle, co-founder of alternative leather manufacturer Veshin Factory, explains how plant-based leathers can disrupt the luxury...

Fashion : Sustainability : Luxury

Neo-collectivism:

Society is facing a mass re-organisation. United by values of empathy and community, consumers are shunning individualism in favour of...

Society : Retail : Workplace

Sustainable Fashion Market: India:

Driven by glocal changemakers, India’s sustainable fashion market is growing rapidly – with a focus on circularity, heritage and innovation.

Fashion : Luxury : Sustainability

Biomimicry Hotels:

Giving back to the land they have historically taken from, these regenerative hotels are being built by their natural environments –...

Sustainability : Travel & Hospitality : Luxury

Carbon Wears:

Emission-to-textile innovators are helping fashion brands to create new products while reducing the environmental impact of both the...

Fashion : Sustainability : Carbon

Second-life Bridal Market:

As a historically unsustainable category, the wedding sector is ushering in greener options to cater for brides’ increasingly...

Retail : Weddings : Bridal

Nature-hacking Market:

Urbanites are becoming active stewards of nature by harnessing regenerative technologies to help plants thrive and build more resilient...

Media & Technology : Technology : Sustainability

Five fresh innovations in waterless beauty:

From dissolvable sheets to freeze-dried skincare, explore the new experiences for customers using waterless beauty and personal care...

Beauty : Wellness : Sustainability

How STH BNK is nurturing retail’s Eco-venient future:

It’s time for landlords to embrace experimentation, flexibility and transparency, says David Monaghan, general manager of commercial and...

Retail : Sustainability : Health & Wellness

Repurposed Roadwear:

Car brands are combining fashion and material innovation to promote sustainable practices in mobility’s green age – without sacrificing...

Mobility : Fashion : Sustainability

Convertible Clothing Market:

As the sustainable fashion landscape evolves, brands are experimenting with long-lasting garments that adapt, change or grow with wearers.

Fashion : Design : Sustainability

Eco-venience Retail:

Accelerating e-commerce and demands for expedited delivery are forcing a new framework that puts eco-conscious practices at the centre...

Retail : Sustainability : Technology

Family in 2030: Climate communities:

In this scenario, we meet an intergenerational Muslim family finding meaning and hope amid the impacts of the climate crisis on the city...

Scenario : Society : Climate Crisis

The destinations living our slow tourism future:

Decelerated tourism is rapidly becoming a reality, as destinations adjust their travel marketing and take tactical approaches to...

Travel : Hospitality : Sustainability

What’s next for sustainability? Collective action:

As global heating reaches boiling point, Andres Colmenares, co-director of IAM, asks how brands can address a global crisis of...

Sustainability : Technology : Media

Travel in 2030: Slow Honeymoons:

In this fictional future scenario, we meet Ming and Hui, a Generation Z couple who are struggling to balance their climate commitments...

Travel : Sustainability : Carbon Neutral

Designing for the future’s Equilibrium Cities:

The Future Laboratory and creative network Dutch Invertuals are exploring how design can foster Equilibrium Cities – urban zones where...

Design : Sustainability : Creatives

Eco-motional Fashion:

As climate anxieties abound, a new wave of change-makers are paving the way for a more positive, human-centric approach to sustainable...

Fashion : Sustainability : Sustainability Futures

Climate Newsrooms:

Global news organisations are launching dedicated climate crisis verticals, as the media recognises its role in being part of positive...

Media : Society : Climate Crisis

Bio-based Activewear:

Performance apparel and exercise accessories are going plant-based as the need for sustainable, non-toxic alternatives to synthetic...

Athleisure : Sustainability : Material Innovation

The future of fashion is… farming?:

Allbirds’ head of sustainability, Hana Kajimura, says it’s time for the industry to reduce carbon impacts through collaborative,...

Fashion : Sustainability : Manufacturing

It’s time for sustainability to get spiritual:

CogDis is an ethical consultancy with spirituality and imperfection at its core. Here’s how its founders are guiding brands on their...

Sustainability : Fashion : Youth

Rail Travel Re-ignited:

As flying shame and a desire for slower travel take root among consumer mindsets, the ease and romanticism of train travel are reviving...

Travel : Transport : Sustainability

Criteria Retail:

From groceries to homeware, retail brands are communicating their social and eco-values to customers by setting strict criteria for...

Retail : Society : Sustainability

Local Food Market: Australia:

Amid pandemic-hit imports, a renewed sense of community and concerns about sustainability are driving positive new directions for...

Australia : Drink : Food

The brands making the dairy aisle more sustainable:

Demand for dairy alternatives is here to stay. As consumers seek balance between sustainability, health and taste, plant-based...

Plant-based : Sustainability : Non-dairy

Elastic Architecture:

Environmental crises have led architects to design adaptive buildings that can morph in line with the needs of our communities and planet.

Architecture : Travel : Sustainability

Five design responses to the climate crisis:

Brands are using design mechanisms to communicate about environmental issues in a bid to increase awareness and action from consumers.

Design : Eco Design And Sustainability : Sustainability

Offset Sellers:

Amid accelerating e-commerce, new services are helping retailers to make carbon offsetting a more accessible and convenient part of the...

Retail : Sustainability : Carbon Offsets

Interactive Eco-labels:

To inspire greener behaviour among customers, fashion brands are elevating their product labels to promote transparency and product...

Fashion : Sustainability : Retail

Post-conscious Travel:

Sustainable travel has been bastardised. A new wave of innovators are trading in buzzwords to redefine what it means to travel consciously.

Travel : Hospitality : Tourism

The Urgent Company accelerates sustainability:

Industrialised food systems are broken. Paul Kollesoff, co-founder of The Urgent Company, explains how a more intelligent CPG eco-system...

Food : Sustainability : Drink

China Green Retail Market:

Propelled by the impact of the pandemic and shifting mindsets of Millennial and Gen Z consumers, China’s tone is changing when it comes...

Retail : China : Sustainability

It’s time for a regenerative travel revolution:

Conscious tourism is no longer enough. Amanda Ho, co-founder of Regenerative Travel, explains why travel brands should adopt a model of...

Travel : Tourism : Hospitality

Decarbonising Diets Market:

A growing awareness among consumers of their individual carbon footprint is fuelling a raft of innovations in low-carbon and...

Food : Drink : Sustainability

Four innovators shaping bio-positive fashion:

Sustainability demands are pushing forward material innovation in the fashion sector, resulting in a series of smarter processes, from...

Fashion : Retail : Material

Climate-adaptive Wineries:

As the wine industry adapts to extreme weather and wildfires, threatened vineyards are turning tainted grapes into experimental wines...

Wine : Climate Change : Sustainability

Transforming pollution into greener diamonds:

Future luxury goods could lie in unexpected places, says Aether Diamonds, a company turning pollution into glittering stones.

Luxury : Sustainability : Manufacturing

Fashion 2030: Hacked, tracked and rationed:

As fashion counts the cost of its planetary impact, we future-gaze to 2030 and posit an era when fast fashion is not only traced – it’s...

Fashion : Technology : Sustainability

Anti-travel Airlines:

Under pressure to diversify revenue streams, airlines are creating customer experiences that aren’t limited by travel restrictions.

Travel : Airlines : Tourism

The youth voices of Intersectional Environmentalism:

With one-size-fits-all sustainability goals excluding people of colour, Gen Z are combining social justice with environmental activism.

Youth : Sustainability : Intersectionality

Aerial wants to simplify travel carbon offsetting:

Aerial app co-founder Andreas Homer on his ambition to make tracking our travel carbon footprint as intuitive as counting calories or...

Travel : Sustainability : Hospitality

Open-source Sustainability:

Open-source platforms are providing materials insight and education for designers, developers and architects to make their output...

Design : Materials : Sustainability

Eco To Go:

Packaging innovators are targeting the food delivery sector with re-usable and earth-friendly alternatives to single-use cartons and boxes.

Food : Packaging : Materials

Deadstock Designers:

As the pandemic leaves fashion brands with a glut of unsold apparel, designers are shifting focus to dead stock and agile new waste...

Fashion : Retail : Design

DIY Dressing Market:

With sustainability increasingly front of mind, consumers are getting creative with their clothing and opting for DIY fashion over new...

Fashion : Sustainability

Product design is failing its problem-solving purpose:

In the era of circular economy enthusiasts, designers should stop rehashing existing products and begin designing true era-appropriate...

Design : Sustainability : Technology

It’s time for brands to engage with de-growth:

The pace of the last decade combined with a tumultuous 2020 is driving people towards radical community models – and brands must do the...

Society : Sustainability : Design

Low-impact Interfaces:

To cut the carbon emissions of our online consumption, designers are exploring how to simplify UX and UI design to be greener and more...

Technology : Sustainability : Design

The rise of resilience residences:

Shelter and safety are aligning with luxury living as designers create high-end homes for a future affected by climate change and disasters.

Luxury : Future Cities : Sustainability

Why travel could become a one-trip industry:

Yvonne Küpper of FairAway Travel, on travel brands’ sustainable responsibilitis, the impact of Covid-19, and how to avoid greenwashing.

Travel Experience : Travelling : Tourism

Post-purpose Brands:

Pushing back against purpose-washing and jumping on the bandwagon, brands will embrace imperfection and focus on betterment. With more...

Retail : Branding : Purpose

Food Waste Innovation:

From food-sharing to upcycling, the growing need to create innovative and sustainable solutions to food waste presents a range of...

Food : Retail : Sustainability

Eco-ambitious Retail:

Brands are self-imposing sustainability goals on their businesses that – while initially financially impactful – validate them as...

Retail : Sustainability : Brand 2020

Tech brands must address the environmental emergency:

The challenge for tech firms over the next decade is to make the transition from profitability to solidarity, says Andres Colmenares,...

Digital : Sustainability : Media

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