THE SOURCE 2023 – Spring.Summer 24
Almost 30 selected clothing manufacturers presented their sourcing and manufacturing services in Atrium 3 – from CMT solutions to high-end production.
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Almost 30 selected clothing manufacturers presented their sourcing and manufacturing services in Atrium 3 – from CMT solutions to high-end production.
Purchasing and production are usually responsible for sustainability. However, you can significantly influence costs, material consumption and profitability if you think beyond reusable fabrics – and the key to this is in the hands of apparel designers.
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.
What if you didn’t dispose of the leftovers of freshly squeezed juice – but could create a new material from it?
Designer Birke Weber and biochemist Friederike Hoberg are researching the potential of alternative dyes – specifically: from fungi.
A world where everything is becoming faster, more connected and more digital, endless possibilities are emerging. But why always strive for the new instead of continuing the traditional?
Nature as a 3D printer: material designer and underwater photographer Zena Holloway creates shapes and forms from wheat grass roots that grow in self-carved moulds made of beeswax.
Hair creates identity – we dye it, style it, create new looks and expressions, and associate ourselves with cultural or social groups. It loses meaning and becomes rubbish to be discarded.
Using digital fabrication, designer Mehdi Mashayekhi deconstructs wood in his project Choub and shapes it into armour-like, portable constructions.
But then at some point there is suddenly a fundamental break, a completely new attitude to life, a completely different basic mood, a “vibe shift”. We are now at such a turning point.
What can industry players who want to take a constructive look at the textile market expect in 2023, with innovation as the backbone?
Sustainable Innovations curator Simon Angel on newcomers who inspire the fashion industry, new materials and the question of conscious creating.