Pietre Trovanti, The Circular Design That Starts With Waste

Last April I met Tiziana Scaciga, founder and director of Pietre Trovanti. During our last exchange she recommended the book “Estetica del Rottame”, in which I was struck with the romantic concept of "beautiful ruins." I recommended to her "La Vita è un Raccolto", Agnès Varda's film documentary about the lives of contemporary gleaners who,…

ByCaterina Capelli6 February 20230Comments

Design That Reconnects Us With The World, Interview With Malacou Lefebvre

We met Malacou Lefebvre, designer and founder of Atelier Malak, at the last edition of Edit Napoli. Today we meet him on a tour of the industrial space where he has been setting up his atelier for the past two years - inside a former textile factory in Lyon - to understand what lies behind…

ByCaterina Capelli16 January 20230Comments

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“cultivating” Color With Fungi And Bacteria

For millennia, men and women have used natural pigments - extracted from plants, fungi, minerals or animals - to dye textiles. Until, in 1856, English chemist William Henry Perkin patented the world's first synthetic dye, a violet pigment called "aniline purple" or mauvein. This invention paved the way for the dye industry as we know…

ByCaterina Capelli15 December 20220Comments

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Designing The Future Of Food With Microalgae

Algae are among the most nutrient-rich foods on Earth and also among the oldest and most widespread. Although they have been consumed for centuries - from Japanese Nori seaweed to Yuyo, the basis of Chilean and Peruvian ceviche, or Limu-Kohuo in the typical poke bowls of Hawaii, where the largest amount of algae in the…

ByCaterina Capelli1 December 20220Comments

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Kitchen Ecology, Design That Transforms Food Waste

In recent years, researchers and designers have shown that many things can be created from food waste. There are those who have managed to create fibers from citrus waste, those who have created a new material from dried fruit shells, or those who have produced a vegetable faux leather from pineapple peel that would otherwise…

ByCaterina Capelli17 November 20220Comments

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Pietre Trovanti, The Circular Design That Starts With Waste

Design That Reconnects Us With The World, Interview With Malacou Lefebvre

“cultivating” Color With Fungi And Bacteria

Designing The Future Of Food With Microalgae

Kitchen Ecology, Design That Transforms Food Waste

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