LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL: MATERIAL MATTERS
Material Matters fair returns to Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf during the
London Design Festival. The fair, which runs from 20-23 September (Wednesday to Saturday), will bring together world-leading brands, designers, makers, and innovators to investigate and celebrate the importance of materials and their ability to shape our lives.
This year's Material Matters showcases brands re-evaluating materials and find new ways of working with waste and nature. For instance, bioMATTERS, who specialises in 3D printing and robotic fabrication techniques for living materials. It develops solutions for ‘grown-living design’ for product design and architecture applications, and fabricates a wide range of biomaterials using clay, mycelium, and microalgae and bacterial based dyes. Our Selvedge top textiles picks to go and see are as follows.
Planq will launch Rezign® materials – a new collection of materials made from textile waste such as post-consumer denim, army clothing, suits and white denim. This is combined with bio-based resources like flax and jute coffee bags to create veneer, multiplex board, and flex sheet materials................................
London Design Festival. The fair, which runs from 20-23 September (Wednesday to Saturday), will bring together world-leading brands, designers, makers, and innovators to investigate and celebrate the importance of materials and their ability to shape our lives.
This year's Material Matters showcases brands re-evaluating materials and find new ways of working with waste and nature. For instance, bioMATTERS, who specialises in 3D printing and robotic fabrication techniques for living materials. It develops solutions for ‘grown-living design’ for product design and architecture applications, and fabricates a wide range of biomaterials using clay, mycelium, and microalgae and bacterial based dyes. Our Selvedge top textiles picks to go and see are as follows.
Planq will launch Rezign® materials – a new collection of materials made from textile waste such as post-consumer denim, army clothing, suits and white denim. This is combined with bio-based resources like flax and jute coffee bags to create veneer, multiplex board, and flex sheet materials................................
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