Sustainability

ReSOURCE manufacturers focus on bio-based alternatives & natural colorants I

ReSOURCE HIGHLIGHTS FOR Spring.Summer 24

4. April 2023

ReSOURCE is the sourcing platform for environmentally friendly and responsibly produced textiles, apparel and accessories. Search, discover and source – all in one place. Order sustainable materials online at any time on www.resource-textiles.com

With around 700 samples, the area for innovative fabrics and additionals that are bio-certified, bio-based, recycled, recyclable or from regenerative sources has once again grown significantly compared to previous seasons.

It’s the bio-based alternatives, eco-friendly finishes, recycled materials and innovative dyeing techniques using natural resources like coffee grounds that make the latest ingredients and accessories so forward-thinking. We’re featuring Spring.Summer 24 developments from some of our ReSOURCE exhibitors that you won’t want to miss:

CICLO

CiCLO® is an additive that is combined with PES + Nylon and creates biodegradable spots in the matrix of the plastic that can be broken down by microbes.

  • Categories: Biodegradable, Organic/Natural
  • Composition: 50% kbA Cotton, 50% CiCLO® Polyester
  • Certifications: Bluesign, OCS 100, STANDARD 100 by Oeko-Tex®
  • Applications: Cotton Fabrics, Polyester Fabrics, Strick / Knit
  • Supplier: Zeynar Mezucat

CICLOMORE OF ZEYNAR MENSUCAT AT RESOURCE

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REBOOT

recycled TOB, foreign fibers free

  • Categories: Organic/Natural, Recycled
  • Composition: 27% rec Cotton, 70% Cotton, 3% rec Eslastan
  • Certifications: BCI, GRS, STANDARD 100 by Oeko-Tex®
  • Applications: Active Wear, Cotton Fabrics, Jeans, Denim, Recycled Textiles
  • Supplier: Tejidos Royo

REBOOTMORE OF TEJIDOS ROYO AT RESOURCE

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VEGEA

VEGEA is produced with leftovers from wine production without toxic solvents, heavy metals and dangerous substances. Backing: 100% rec PES; coating: 55% bio-compound, 45% waterbased-PU.

  • Categories: Innovative Alternatives, Leather & Alternatives, Recycled, Regenerated Cellulosics
  • Composition: 100% Vegea
  • Certifications: BSCI amfori, GRS, STANDARD 100 by Oeko-Tex®
  • Applications: Accessoires, Labels, Labels, Leather Accessories, Leathers & Alternatives
  • Supplier: A-TEX Germany GmbH

VEGEAMORE OF A-TEX AT RESOURCE

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NEWOOL

Confirmed NEWOOL quality by Olimpias Group SRL.

  • Categories: Recycled
  • Composition: 5% Other Fibers, 25% rec Polyamide, 70% rec Wool
  • Certifications: –
  • Applications: Polyamide Textilies, Recycled Textiles, Woolen Fabrics
  • Supplier: SEIDRA TEXTILWERKE

NEWOOLMORE OF SEIDRA TEXTILWERKE AT RESOURCE

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BIODEGRADABLE TPU

100% Biodegradable TPU,white/black/yellow/blue/brown/beige

Recyclable green product, resolves after 2-4 years.

  • Categories: Biodegradable
  • Composition: 100% Thermoplastisches Polyurethane
  • Certifications: GRS, STANDARD 100 by Oeko-Tex®
  • Applications: Accessoires, Biobased Textiles, Labels, Leather Accessories
  • Supplier: KASIV LEATHER LABEL

BIODEGRADABLE TPUMORE OF KASIV LEATHER LABEL ATI RESOURCE

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PAPTIC

Paptic is made from wood fibers from controlled and sustainably managed forests. It was developed as a replacement for single-use plastic. It is reusable, recyclable, resistant and foldable.

  • Categories: Regenerated Cellulosics
  • Composition: 100% Paptic®
  • Certifications: FSC
  • Applications: Accessoires, Packaging, Bags
  • Supplier: A.TEX Germany GmbH

PAPTICMORE OF A-TEX AT RESOURCE

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New in HALL 2 | MOC Munich

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by Chantal Graeff

Fabrics Spring.Summer 24 II

Fabric Highlights for Spring.Summer 2024 - Part II

30. March 2023

In the FABRICS Area, around 600 international suppliers present their material innovations for all apparel segments. The complete product portfolio of fashionable woven and knitted fabrics made of wool, cotton, silk, blends and functional fibers is represented here. For the Spring.Summer 24 season, we present some highlights from international producers in our FABRICS blogposts.

BEZ TEKSTIL

Since 1992, Bez Tekstil has been providing high quality fabrics and services for underwear and outerwear in Denizli, Turkey.

The new summer collection offers a diverse range of yarn-dyed designs and prints. The new collection is a mix of different inspirations with a common theme: NATURE. Natural Surfaces, nature-inspired surfaces and structures score with soft colourings in bright and soft colours.

Elegant minimalism offers balance and tranquillity and meets the life and energy of flowers and colours. Discover a range of high quality fabrics in PIMA Cotton USA and Egypt in our new collection for Spring.Summer 24 at their boot. 

BEZ TEKSTIL

BLOOMATI

Bloomati is a Carvema brand, which seeks quality and sustainability. Each fabric in the spring/summer collection has a variety of fibers in its composition: Linen, Seacell Pure, Hemp, Nettle. They also provide finishes that offer several benefits like antibacterial, UVA+UVB rays blocker, among others. Bloomati focuses on the expansion of their brand, betting on ecological, high-quality products and bringing innovation in fabrics.

BLOOMATI

CANCLINI1925 – PER LEI – BLUE1925

COLLECTION S24: SUPER STRIPES. This collection craves positivity, renewed graphics, colours and weights. Canclini proposes a new use of stripes: in barrè. A change of perspective to enhance this graphic. Summer is the perfect time to dare, to have character, to give visibility to the shirt. Coloured stripes also create a summer mood and lend fantasy to outfits. Discover the new collection in the KLAAS + HESSE studio.

CANCLINI1925

DRESDNER SPITZEN

As a traditional family business with a spirit of innovation, Dresdner Spitzenmanufaktur develops sophisticated and sustainable lace galloons, lace fabrics and functional warp knit fabrics, produced in our fully integrated production facility. Our collection features lace made from both conventional and recycled yarns as well as other innovative materials. The designs include filigree floral elements, patterns in a clear, classic design language, and modern structured details. 

DRESDNER SPITZEN

DUCA VISCONTI

Duca Visconti is the master of corduroy, moleskin, cotton and linen. A global fashion icon with a long history of tradition and innovation by entrepreneurs who have challenged the market by focusing on uniqueness and creativity.

Duca Visconti guarantees the highest quality standards, fast processing times and 100% made in Vaprio d’Adda, Italy. Check out the unique qualities of their new collection.

DUCA VISCONTI

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The latest accessories developments for Spring.Summer 24 - Part II

Discover the latest innovations from our Additionals

28. March 2023

We present 5 manufacturers who showed their new designs for the Spring.Summer 2024 season at MUNICH FABRIC START.

The latest developments for buttons, ribbons, decorative stones, closures, linings, lace, embroidery, interlinings as well as labeling and branding solutions will be presented by around 200 leading international ingredients and accessories suppliers in the ADDITIONALS Area.

GRAF & CO

The new Spring.Summer 24 collection from Graf & Co. focuses on recycled labels from post-consumer plastic bottles, biodegradable materials, water-based inks and eco-friendly papers. Today, with the same enthusiasm, but with the extensive experience of over 30 years in business, Graf & Co. supports their clients in the creation and development of customized products. Find woven and printed labels, hangtags and packaging or items that finish off the brand identity at the KLAAS + HESSE studio in S2 | F 226 – 227.

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GUNOLD

Cotton threads – conventional or organic quality; viscose, when it comes to nature featured in the fashion collection. Thick threads stand for homemade, for robust. On light summer fabrics the strong effect comes out twice as well. Shiny as metallic: sometimes really loud as a metallic thread, sometimes more discreet in blends with other fibers or finishes – the evening and then the luxury may finally start. And many special threads from iridescent, reflective to transparent or neon luminous. 

GUNOLD

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KAHAGE BUTONIA

In today’s uncertain world, the new collection 78 by Kahage Butonia reflects the shift from darkness to light. It presents the latest trend colours, a range of different selected materials that have an exciting texture and colour combination. It is an interplay of shiny, iridescent buttons as well as calm, down-to- earth designs, some of which are also ecological. Whatever your vision: Kahage Butonia picks them up and puts them into practice in combination with the latest collection.

KAHAGE BUTONIA

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KNOPF SCHÄFER

Lightness and optimism defines fashion in spring/summer 2024. This is expressed in a new clothing culture finding its way into our everyday lives. Sophisticated designs with refined details characterise the look just as much as well thought-out basic styles. Our current collection reflects the new easiness in trendy colours, light transparencies and shimmering effects. The eye-catching appearance is contrasted by straight-lined shapes.

KNOPF SCHÄFER

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MEDIKE LANDES

The new ML13 Collection by Medike Landes presents early trends for the Spring Summer 24 season. The key themes for this season will be Metasensorial, Simple Nature, Tender Pastels, Flower Power and Sustainable Simplicity – mostly from their traditional tanned real leather with and without chromium. In addition to that, they present some sustainable paper labels in pastel colors, eco-friendly recycled leather patches with new finishes, Pinatex patches and vegan fake leather patches. The belts department features the Autumn/Winter collection 2023/2024.

MEDIKE LANDES

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ReSOURCE Spring.Summer 24 materials are online!

Source sustainable textiles & accessories online with ReSOURCE

The online sourcing platform of MUNICH FABRIC START provides a unique overview of trend-setting materials

23. March 2023

Discover & order the latest ecologically and socially responsible produced materials on the ReSOURCE Page –
the unique online platform for sustainable innovations and forward-looking textile solutions.

With ReSOURCE as the successor to organicselection, which has been established since September 2009, MUNICH FABRIC START takes sustainability to the next level. ReSOURCE presents current material developments and textile innovations that have been produced in an environmentally friendly and socially responsible manner and offers a platform for innovative material developments.
In addition to natural, biological or recycled fibers, forward-looking innovations have long included new models of circular economy with regenerative cellulose fibers or bioplastic technologies (so-called bioplastics). Furthermore, transparency in procurement and production chains as well as the use of ‘clean’ wet processing methods is an important building block for a sustainable future.

With around 700 samples, the area for innovative fabrics and additionals that are bio-certified, bio-based, recycled, recyclable or from regenerative sources has once again grown significantly compared to previous seasons.

To ReSOURCE Online Sourcing Plattform >>

Shown are textiles and ingredients in the following categories:

ORGANIC / NATURAL | DENIM | GOTS | INNOVATIVE ALTERNATIVES | BIO-DEGRADABLE | POLLUTION FREE | RECYCLED | REGENERATED CELLULOSICS

UNIQUE SUPPLIER AND MATERIAL SEARCH

For 14 years now, we have been offering a unique sustainability platform with ReSOURCE. On our ReSOURCE page you will find information about textile novelties, the most advanced manufacturers as well as the most important certificates.

Together with the samples of the Spring.Summer24 season, currently 970 innovative fabrics & additionals from 146 companies are presented to you in our manufacturer and material search.

To Material & Supplier Search >>

Discover materials from the following international manufacturers:

Achille Valera Lissoni | Alarga Textile | Almodo Altunlar | Anezoulakis Bros | Arula | A-TEX Germany | ATT Concorde | Aydrin Orme SAn ve Tic | Bornemann-Etiketten | Bossa | Blanchin Textil | c.pauli | CadicaGroup | Calik Denim Tekstil | Carvema Textil | DNM Denim | Dresdner Gardinen und Spitzenmanufaktur | Ege Tekstil | Emanuel Lang | Rtigroup | Fabric House | Feinjersey Fabrics | Frameless Asia Pacific Limited | Gebr. Elmer & Zweifel | Gottstein | Gülipek Kumas Ve Iplik Tic Ve San | Händel + Diller | Ifansi Doumas Bros | Ipeker Tekstil | Iskur Tekstil Enerji | J. Areal – Artigos Texteis | JNR Mensucat | Kasiv Deri Etiket Imalat | Katipler Tekstil | Knopf Schäfer | Knopf und Knop International | Konak Fashion Fabrics | Kuker Tekstil | Linas | Lisa | Make in Italy | Manifattura Pezzetti | Medike Landes | MR – creation | MUEHLMEIER Bodyshaping | Nastrificio de Bernardi | Nilorn Germany | Olimpias Group srl – Labels division | Pastel by Yilmazipek | Philea Textiles | Reca Group | Secen Tekstil | Seidra Textilwerke | Söktas | Tavex Europe | Tejidos Royo | Thinkprint – Papadakis Nikolaos | Troficolor Têxteis | Verhees Textiles | We Nordic Label Studios | Yenel Label | Zeynar

REBOOT

FABRICS: recycled TOB, foreign fibers free

by Tejido Royo

Categories: Organic/Natural, Recycled

Active Wear,Cotton, Elastane-Spandex, rec Cotton, rec Eslastane
BCI, GRS, STANDARD 100 by Oeko-Tex®

PAPTIC

ADDITIONALS: Paptic shipping bag

by A-Tex Germany GmbH

Categories: Regenerated Celulosics

Paper, Accessoires, Packaging, Bags, FSC

PIiñATEX

ADDITIONALS: Piñatex Labels

by Medike Landes Lederwarenfabrik GmbH

Categories: Leather & Alternatives, Recycled

Pineapple Leather, Pinatex®, BSCI amfori
Accessoires, Labels, Leather Accessories, Leathers & Alternatives

LET'S ReSOURCE!

Discover more industry-changing innovations at our upcoming trade shows:

BLUEZONE

18/07 – 19/07/2023

www.bluezone.show

MUNICH FABRIC START

18/07 – 20/07/2023

www.munichfabricstart.com

THE SOURCE

18/07 – 19/07/2023

www.thesource.show

by Chantal Graeff

Fabrics Spring.Summer 24 I

Fabric Highlights for Spring.Summer 2024 - Part I

21. March 2023

In the FABRICS Area, around 600 international suppliers present their material innovations for all apparel segments. The complete product portfolio of fashionable woven and knitted fabrics made of wool, cotton, silk, blends and functional fibers is represented here. For the Spring.Summer 24 season, we present some highlights from international producers in our FABRICS blogposts:

ATHENEA

Athenea is much more than just a family textile company founded in 1976 in Alicante, Spain. Athenea has managed to keep all the production process internal, which allows them to be recognised as a vertical factory with the ability to develop qualities, print (digital as well as conventional), dye and finish. There’s no limitation in the number of colours nor the scale of the designs. They can 100% personalise the designs following their clients’ specifications, therefore creating unique and exclusive designs.

BOGAZICI ORME

Bogazici Orme is one of the industry’s leading companies which is specialized in producing / exporting jacquard knitted fabrics since 2006.

Developing new items before client request, delivery on time, invest in research and development are the principles lead us to success. They serve their passion, high quality and trust to their clients.

The collection offers recycled polyester / organic cotton and other eco-friendly materials. Furthermore a wide range of fancy yarn development is available and they are able to produce for Inditex and Join life. 

BOGAZICI ORME

GISTEX

Gistex brings new looks and new qualities for spring summer 24 suitable for blouses, dresses, blazer, trousers and more. They are using a high twist yarn both regular and recycled polyester for a more sustainable collection. Their focus is on Gistex: continuously better.

GISTEX

GLOBAL TEXTILE

Global Textile is one of the largest textile companies in the Republic of Uzbekistan, specializing in Yarn and Knit fabrics.

The company started operations in 2018 and is now vertically integrated in the production of textiles, from growing cotton to production of garments and apparel. The company grows its own cotton with the latest drip irrigation technology, has its own cotton processing plants, the largest spinning mills in Uzbekistan located in Tashkent and Fergana, including knitting and dyeing houses in Fergana. They have ISO, Usterized, Oeko-tex certificates, that confirm the quality, safety and environmental properties of their products. 

GLOBAL TEXTILE

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The latest accessories developments for Spring.Summer 24 - Part I

Discover the latest innovations from our Additionals

16. March 2023

We present 5 manufacturers who showed their new designs for the Spring.Summer 2024 season at MUNICH FABRIC START.

The latest developments for buttons, ribbons, decorative stones, closures, linings, lace, embroidery, interlinings as well as labeling and branding solutions will be presented by around 200 leading international ingredients and accessories suppliers in the ADDITIONALS Area.

A-TEX GERMANY /
A-TEX PART OF TRIMCO GROUP

On a mission to change the narrative for trims and labels:

ARCH – the new collection from A-TEX part of Trimco Group, features nature-inspired details and everyday stories engraved in essential pieces of design that shape and complete each style. ARCH is a playground for the physical and digital to meet, connecting technology with the world through solutions such as QR codes. A-TEX invites brands to think of ways to extend the lifetime of a garment, adopt recycling options and introduce truly circular material choices such as recycled polyester made from textile waste for label use.

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BODO JAGDBERG

This summer BODO JAGDBERG is focused on “statement fashion”! Trend colours as matcha latte and ocean wonder are coming to the fore and are shown on hot embossed foil labels and silicone patches as an eyecatcher for your collection. Holographic labels and hangtags are the new styling booster in womenswear as well as menswear. Round off your glam-up wear with jeans buttons and rivets with animal print designs.

BODO JAGDBERG

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BORNEMANN-ETIKETTEN GmbH

Bornemann offers digital solutions! With the spirit of digital pioneers, the international specialist for product labeling breaks new ground. Bornemann supports its customers in implementing customized solutions using modern technologies. In this way, analog processes are transformed into a digital experience. All information about the digital division Venture Up The digital fit and the current trend collection for summer 24 can be found on our website. 

BORNEMANN ETIKETTEN

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FVL

FVL: a world of solutions. Sustainability cannot exist without innovation – that’s why FVL constantly does research to add the most updated knowledge to their experience and ideas. They are presenting the innovative project “reload”: a real upcycling process that starts from the textile processing waste of their customers transforming it to new materials that can give new life to a variety of packaging and manufacturing applications, such as bags, dust bags, tapes, ribbons and whatever is up to the imagination of you as a customer.

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GÖRENLER ETIKET

Görenler ergreift Maßnahmen zur Verringerung der Kohlenstoffemissionen, um künftigen Generationen einen besseren Planeten zu hinterlassen, mit dem Ziel, überhaupt keinen Kohlenstoff-Fußabdruck zu kreieren. Bis zum Jahr 2023 soll der Strom, den das Unternehmen verbraucht, aus erneuerbaren Energiequellen stammen. Darüberhinaus recyceln sie Stoffe und Papier in ihren Produktionsmaterialien und respektieren die Rechte der Tiere durch die Verwendung von veganem, zertifiziertem Leder.

Görenler takes action to reduce carbon emissions to leave a better planet for future generations with the determination of NO carbon footprint at all. By 2023, they aim to provide the electricity they use with renewable energy. They added recycle fabrics & paper in their production materials and respect animal rights by using vegan certificated leathers.

GÖRENLER GIYIM TEKSTIL

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KEYHOUSE 2023

KEYHOUSE

Innovationshub für Mode von Morgen

14. March 2023

Im atmosphärischen Industriecharme des KEYHOUSE, der Halle 5, zeigen progressive Anbieter und Global Player aus branchenübergreifenden Bereichen ihre aktuellen Neuentwicklungen und Innovationen. Auf über 1.000 Quadratmetern finden Sie richtungsweisende Smart Textiles, Future Fabrics und neue Technologien – sei es in Punkto Nachhaltigkeit, Kreislaufwirtschaft, Digitalisierung, Traceability, Technologie oder Finishing. Inszeniert als interaktiver Think Tank stehen zukunftsweisende Show Cases neben Sustainable Innovations im Spotlight.

Im KEYHOUSE befindet sich auch das Hauptvortragsforum der MUNICH FABRIC START mit exklusiven Keynotes, Podiumsdiskussionen, Trend Präsentationen, Q&A Sessions & Experten-Talks internationaler Branchen-Insider. Dies sind einige der innovativen Brands, die ihre Neuheiten während der letzten KEYHOUSE Edition im Januar 2023 präsentiert haben.

ZUM VORTRAGSPROGRAMM

FICUS INNOVATIONS

Stellen Sie sich eine Technologie zum Färben von Textilien vor, die im Vergleich zu herkömmlichen Reaktivfärbemethoden mehr als 50 % Wasser und Energie spart. Stellen Sie sich außerdem vor, dass sie natürliche Pflanzenabfallextrakte als Farbstoffe und Hilfsstoffe für alle Vor- und Nachbehandlungs- und Färbeprozesse verwendet. Ficus Innovations hat seine einzigartige Technologie zum Färben von Naturstoffen nach 7 Jahren R&D entwickelt. Ziel ist es, natürliche Ressourcen zu schützen und wiederherzustellen, indem die Einführung nachhaltiger Stofffärbe-, Druck- und Veredelungsprozesse beschleunigt wird.

KAISER & DYSTAR

Der türkische Laundry-Anbieter Kaiser hat kürzlich das Advanced Used-Look-Konzept für modische Wash-Down-Effekte lanciert. Dieses Verfahren nutzt einzigartige und nachhaltigere Methoden, um mit einer neuen Farbstoffgruppe namens Lava Dye OZN einen Used-Look auf farbigen Kleidungsstücken zu erzielen. Das Advanced Used Look-Konzept biete eine einzigartige Lösung für die Probleme des Marktes in Bezug auf Kosten, Echtheit, Reproduzierbarkeit und Nachhaltigkeit bei used Non-Denim-Looks mit wasserlosen Methoden und der speziellen DyStar-Chemie.

MONTEGA

Rapid Dry ist das revolutionäre Produkt von Montega, das den Trocknungsprozess verkürzt und einen Mehrwert für das fertige Kleidungsstück schafft. Dank seiner speziellen Formel ermöglicht Rapid Dry eine schnellere Verdunstung des Wassers in der Faser, Energieeinsparung während der Trocknungsphase und folglich niedrigere Kosten für den gesamten Prozess, wodurch ein saubereres Kleidungsstück mit weniger Verschleiß erzielt wird.

REACTIVE REALITY

Reactive Reality ist der führende Anbieter von Technologien zur virtuellen Anprobe und zur Erzeugung virtueller Modebilder. Die PICTOFiT-Plattform ermöglicht es Modemarken und Einzelhändlern, virtuelle Umkleidekabinen und fotorealistische Avatare nahtlos in ihre Website, App und In-Store-Lösungen zu integrieren. Für Verbraucher erstellt die Plattform fotorealistische Avatare von Käufern, die genaue Größenempfehlungen für alle Marken ermöglichen. Die Avatare können interaktiv eingekleidet werden und bieten unbegrenzte Outfit-Kombinationen und virtuelle Hintergrundszenen.

TORAY INTERNATIONAL EUROPE

Toray ist ein integrierter Chemiekonzern, der seine Geschäftstätigkeit in 29 Ländern und Regionen weltweit ausübt. Das 1926 gegründete Unternehmen ist ein weltweit führender Hersteller von fortschrittlichen Materialien und ein Lösungsanbieter mit Schwerpunkt auf Fasern, Textilien und Bekleidung.

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100 % collagen, 0 % plastic - Sustainable innovations

100 % collagen, 0 % plastic

GOLD by WINT Design Lab Robin Hoske and Felix Rasehorn

Sustainable Innovations

21. February 2023

If you think that “GOLD” by WINT Design Lab was inspired by the shiny precious metal, you’re wrong – the design research project draws its inspiration from the outer tissue layer of the cow’s intestine. This extremely thin, elastic and tear-resistant membrane, also called gold beater’s skin, was used in the past as a separating layer when beating gold leaf.

Product designers Robin Hoske and Felix Rasehorn, founders of WINT Design Lab, together with Mimotype Technologies, saw the potential in the material to create durable and recyclable high-performance textiles free of plastic.

Animal skins, due to their properties, have been used by humans throughout history to create textiles with water-repellent capabilities. During a one-year research fellowship, WINT therefore investigated the aesthetic and functional design features of the skin of the goldbeater and sequenced the RNA. The goal: to synthetically replicate the material properties, develop a biopolymer and use it to make high- performance textiles. In cooperation with Mimotype 
Technologies, a biotech start-up from Berlin, and funded by the BIOTEXFUTURE project of the ITA Institute of Textile Technology, the researchers succeeded in cultivating the unique material in bioreactors. The result is bio-synthetically grown collagen substrate – vegan and biodegradable – from which WINT has  reated a running jacket that meets both aesthetic and functional demands.

While the global demand for synthetic textiles continues to rise and their production consumes large amounts of petrochemicals, energy and finite raw  materials, a new generation of water-repellent outdoor jackets is thus born.

Source: GOLD

Source: GOLD

Source: GOLD

“As designers we have to shift the reasoning of our practice from convenience to impact.”

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Let's get circular

Matter of Fruit by Verena Brom

Sustainable Innovation

16. February 2023

Using existing resources and creating something new from them: What if you didn’t dispose of the leftovers of freshly squeezed juice – but could create a new  material from it? Germany is at the forefront of apple juice consumption, producing up to 200,000 tonnes of pomace per year, solid residues from the pressing process. Instead of reusing them, as has been the case up to now, mainly in biogas plants, for pectin extraction or as animal feed, textile and surface designer Verena Brom has been inspired to develop new material systems for various industries.

The designer studied at the Weißensee Art Academy in Berlin. In the project “A Matter of Fruit“, she produces various biodegradable films from pomace residues that can be used instead of synthetic material. Visually and characteristically, it can be classified as a paper, plastic or leather alternative, depending on its thickness, and offers potential for different areas of application – from interior design to the clothing industry. The material is suitable for laser cutting and engraving, but due to its fusibility it can also be welded or pressed into shape. In addition to the films, Verena Brom has developed a printing paste made from apple pomace that further expands the material’s design  possibilities and areas of application.

After the first cycle of use, the material can be returned to the natural loop: For example, it can be turned into a plant pot that biologically decomposes after being potted into the soil. This brings Verena Brohm closer to her goal of using renewable resources – such as the by-products of the food industry – and to use design as a tool to optimise material cycles.

“When developing the material, it was important to use as few additives as possible – and to push boundaries:
how can different properties be developed solely through different processing methods? Using different techniques can expand the
scope for design and influences the haptic and translucency of the material:
from smooth to abrasive, from transparent to opaque – a big variety of options are possible without loosing the mono-materiality.“

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The New World of Colours - Sustainable innovations

THE NEW WORLD OF colours

MycoColors by Birke Weber and Friederike Hoberg

SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS

14. February 2023

Dyes play a major role in our daily lives – in the clothes we wear, the cosmetics we use or the food we eat. Most of the dyes we use are of synthetic origin,  which poses potential health risks – both in the manufacturing process and in the dyeing process or use. In addition, dyes and pigments in industrial wastewater are not infrequently released into the environment, where they remain and damage ecosystems.

MycoColors, a project by designer Birke Weber and biochemist Friederike Hoberg, addresses precisely this problem. The two are researching the potential of alternative dyes – specifically: from fungi. With MycoColors, they want to develop optimal growth conditions for colour-producing mycelium with the aim of creating a sustainable extraction of dyes and an innovative dyeing process and establishing fungal dyes in the textile and fashion industry. Because: fungi offer a lively, broad colour spectrum that runs through all the colours of the rainbow and is far from being exhausted

The advantages: The fungal mycelium from which the dyes are extracted grows within just a few days, cultivation takes place in inexpensive culture mediums and production is independent of weather and season. Furthermore, MycoColors works in a closed material cycle: resources such as water and nutrients can be recovered and reused, and by-products such as the biodegradable mycelium can either be returned to nature or upcycled – for example, by using it for paper production. 

“The textile and fashion industry uses vast quantities of toxic and carcinogenic chemicals, including synthetic dyes, for its ever-changing
product range. But the end customers cannot trace everything that is hidden in a purchased T-shirt or carpet. A humane and environmentally
friendly alternative made from fungi aims to revise this uncertainty, especially with regard to the colors in a purchased product.”

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