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This lifestyle trend shows solutions for big city dwellers who are increasingly living like modern nomads and in ever-smaller flats. Designers, architects and planners tackle this challenge with a great deal of ingenuity and optimise the available space with convertible and adaptable design.

The Micro Home pavilion presents an exclusive solution to this, by London's Studiomama label. The inventors of the “13m2 house” use every corner of the minimal living space. Thanks to the superb multi functionality of the cleverly designed furnishings, the interior can be easily converted and thus offers all the essential functions of a flat with normal proportions. The subtle color scheme of Soft Minimal provides the necessary visual freedom.

This lifestyle trend shows solutions for big city dwellers who are increasingly living like modern nomads and in ever-smaller flats. Designers, architects and planners tackle this challenge with a great deal of ingenuity and optimise the available space with convertible and adaptable design.

The Micro Home pavilion presents an exclusive solution to this, by London's Studiomama label. The inventors of the “13m2 house” use every corner of the minimal living space. Thanks to the superb multi functionality of the cleverly designed furnishings, the interior can be easily converted and thus offers all the essential functions of a flat with normal proportions. The subtle color scheme of Soft Minimal provides the necessary visual freedom.

This lifestyle trend shows solutions for big city dwellers who are increasingly living like modern nomads and in ever-smaller flats. Designers, architects and planners tackle this challenge with a great deal of ingenuity and optimise the available space with convertible and adaptable design.

The Micro Home pavilion presents an exclusive solution to this, by London's Studiomama label. The inventors of the “13m2 house” use every corner of the minimal living space. Thanks to the superb multi functionality of the cleverly designed furnishings, the interior can be easily converted and thus offers all the essential functions of a flat with normal proportions. The subtle color scheme of Soft Minimal provides the necessary visual freedom.

The Re-Made Space/Remade Materials

The Remade Materials area, clad in wood and plastic leftovers from exhibition setup and filled with repurposed post-industrial and -consumer materials, got the most buzz in the Theme Park.

For the first time in history, urban waste is growing faster than the rate of urbanization. According to the World Bank, by 2025 the urban population will have grown by 1.4 billion people, each one of us discarding an average of 3.13 pounds of waste per day —more than double the current amount.

To cope with the massive mountains of trash generated multi-million populations, cities of the future will need to forget the difference between waste and resource and embrace circular practices. Our trash will have to become the starting point for something new.

Ideas and initiatives are already offering a glimpse of how could build urban environments more sustainably in the future — end designers are discovering ways to reuse what we already have, to create re-made spaces.

Aware that natural raw material resources are finite, designers are tapping into industrial and domestic waste streams for new resources. They are turning today’s trash into tomorrow’s raw materials. They are not only providing sustainable solutions to wasteful agricultural practices, but also developing replacements for over-cultivated crops like cotton and cashmere.

The Re-Made Space/Remade Materials

The Remade Materials area, clad in wood and plastic leftovers from exhibition setup and filled with repurposed post-industrial and -consumer materials, got the most buzz in the Theme Park.

For the first time in history, urban waste is growing faster than the rate of urbanization. According to the World Bank, by 2025 the urban population will have grown by 1.4 billion people, each one of us discarding an average of 3.13 pounds of waste per day —more than double the current amount.

To cope with the massive mountains of trash generated multi-million populations, cities of the future will need to forget the difference between waste and resource and embrace circular practices. Our trash will have to become the starting point for something new.

Ideas and initiatives are already offering a glimpse of how could build urban environments more sustainably in the future — end designers are discovering ways to reuse what we already have, to create re-made spaces.

Aware that natural raw material resources are finite, designers are tapping into industrial and domestic waste streams for new resources. They are turning today’s trash into tomorrow’s raw materials. They are not only providing sustainable solutions to wasteful agricultural practices, but also developing replacements for over-cultivated crops like cotton and cashmere.

Bahia Denim by Sophie Rowley
Waste material: Post-industrial denim waste

Bahia Denim is created using production waste from the fashion industry. These textile offcuts are layered, adhered and carved to create intricate patterns. The non-standardized nature of the waste - the variation in size, shade, color and texture make the designs unique. In developing the material by hand endless color combinations can be explored achieving customized and one of a kind designs. The lightweight yet durable properties of the material allow for diverse applications in furniture, wall paneling or interior surfaces.

sophierowley.com

Bahia Denim by Sophie Rowley
Waste material: Post-industrial denim waste

Bahia Denim is created using production waste from the fashion industry. These textile offcuts are layered, adhered and carved to create intricate patterns. The non-standardized nature of the waste - the variation in size, shade, color and texture make the designs unique. In developing the material by hand endless color combinations can be explored achieving customized and one of a kind designs. The lightweight yet durable properties of the material allow for diverse applications in furniture, wall paneling or interior surfaces.

sophierowley.com

Bahia Denim by Sophie Rowley
Waste material: Post-industrial denim waste

Bahia Denim is created using production waste from the fashion industry. These textile offcuts are layered, adhered and carved to create intricate patterns. The non-standardized nature of the waste - the variation in size, shade, color and texture make the designs unique. In developing the material by hand endless color combinations can be explored achieving customized and one of a kind designs. The lightweight yet durable properties of the material allow for diverse applications in furniture, wall paneling or interior surfaces.

sophierowley.com

Structural Skin by Jorges Penadés
Waste material: Post-industrial leather waste

Jorges Penadés wanted to come up with a new way to recycle leather after becoming aware of the amount of wasted material from the car, fashion, shoe and furniture industries. After some extensive research, Penadés developed a process that involved shredding leather scraps and combining it with bio-resin to create a reconstituted material. Offering strength, resilience and beauty the material can be used for a wide range of applications including interior products, flooring, tiles and shoe soles.
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Structural Skin by Jorges Penadés
Waste material: Post-industrial leather waste

Jorges Penadés wanted to come up with a new way to recycle leather after becoming aware of the amount of wasted material from the car, fashion, shoe and furniture industries. After some extensive research, Penadés developed a process that involved shredding leather scraps and combining it with bio-resin to create a reconstituted material. Offering strength, resilience and beauty the material can be used for a wide range of applications including interior products, flooring, tiles and shoe soles.
jorgespenades.com

NewspaperWood by Meike Meiier
Waste material: Newspaper

Newspaper Wood turns waste newspaper back to a solid material, a reversal of the traditional wood to paper production process. When cut, the layered newspaper resembles grains in wood and is has applications in furniture, the automotive industry and jewelry.

newspaperwood.com

Piñatex
Waste material: pineapple leaf fibre,agricultural by-product

Piñatex® is a non-woven textile, developed for use as a low-impact alternative to leather and PVC/PU materials. This innovative textile is made from the leaves of the pineapple plant, the by-product of the fruit industry, which are traditionally discarded or burned. Adding value to this agricultural waste has created a new source of income for farming communities who otherwise rely on a seasonal harvest. Piñatex offers a leather-like appearance and properties, creating a textile that is soft and flexible, yet very durable.

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Weaver Green
Waste material: Post-consumer plastic waste

Weaver Green make interior textiles from yarn spun entirely from recycled plastic bottles. With a look and feel similar to wool, each product contains between 50 and 750 recycled plastic bottles. Also taking a responsible approach to the production process, hand weaving partners are inspected to ensure they are committed to the welfare and fair employment conditions of craftsmen and women.

weavergreen.com

Smile Plastics
Waste material: Post-consumer plastic waste

Smile Plastics make unique hand-crafted panels from post-consumer plastic waste such as yoghurt cartons and bottles. Their starting point is always the waste-stream and a process of experimentation. Through innovation the studio aims unlock the potential of discarded plastic material and change perceptions around waste.

smile-plastics.com

Foresso
Waste material: Furniture production waste wood

Foresso designer Conor Taylor recognized that high quality wood is regularly wasted in enormous quantities when processed. Delicate curls of planed wood and pieces of beautiful timber are regularly pulped for filler or burned. Foresso reclaims this waste wood creating a versatile material that recreates the aesthetic of traditional terrazzo, with a rich grain and hand-of-the-maker quality.

foresso.co.uk

Foresso
Waste material: Furniture production waste wood

Foresso designer Conor Taylor recognized that high quality wood is regularly wasted in enormous quantities when processed. Delicate curls of planed wood and pieces of beautiful timber are regularly pulped for filler or burned. Foresso reclaims this waste wood creating a versatile material that recreates the aesthetic of traditional terrazzo, with a rich grain and hand-of-the-maker quality.

foresso.co.uk

Maker Space: Atelier
In a backlash against excess mass production and fast consumption, there is a fresh appreciation of craft and artistry — and of well-made products with stories behind them. People are building a sense of attachment to the spaces where they live by purchasing carefully considered, skillfully made products with cultural significance.

They are increasingly interested in knowing where their textile purchases have come from and how they are made. DIY culture is also thriving — many adults consider themselves lifelong learners. People are actively seeking out learning and making experiences. In response, designers are inviting collaboration and sharing their expertise through interactive workshops and demonstrations.

Maker Space: Atelier
In a backlash against excess mass production and fast consumption, there is a fresh appreciation of craft and artistry — and of well-made products with stories behind them. People are building a sense of attachment to the spaces where they live by purchasing carefully considered, skillfully made products with cultural significance. They are increasingly interested in knowing where their textile purchases have come from and how they are made.

DIY culture is also thriving — many adults consider themselves lifelong learners. People are actively seeking out learning and making experiences. In response, designers are inviting collaboration and sharing their expertise through interactive workshops and demonstrations.

Atelier: Bristol Weaving Mill
Innovative fabric design meets traditional manufacturing processes at Bristol Weaving Mill. Founded by Juliet Bailey and Franki Brewer in 2015, the micro-mill is based in the heart of Bristol in the UK. The industrial machinery at the mill has been selected with creativity and flexibility in mind, leading to boundless innovative woven textile design and production. Here in the Atelier, take time to contribute to a collaborative tapestry, using weaving and knotting techniques led by the Bristol Weaving Mill team.

Bristolweavingmill.com

Atelier: Bristol Weaving Mill
Innovative fabric design meets traditional manufacturing processes at Bristol Weaving Mill. Founded by Juliet Bailey and Franki Brewer in 2015, the micro-mill is based in the heart of Bristol in the UK. The industrial machinery at the mill has been selected with creativity and flexibility in mind, leading to boundless innovative woven textile design and production. Here in the Atelier, take time to contribute to a collaborative tapestry, using weaving and knotting techniques led by the Bristol Weaving Mill team.

Bristolweavingmill.com

Atelier: Bristol Weaving Mill
Innovative fabric design meets traditional manufacturing processes at Bristol Weaving Mill. Founded by Juliet Bailey and Franki Brewer in 2015, the micro-mill is based in the heart of Bristol in the UK. The industrial machinery at the mill has been selected with creativity and flexibility in mind, leading to boundless innovative woven textile design and production. Here in the Atelier, take time to contribute to a collaborative tapestry, using weaving and knotting techniques led by the Bristol Weaving Mill team.

Bristolweavingmill.com

Lola Lely Studio
London-based multidisciplinary designer Lola Lely puts process and narrative at the heart of her practice. She believes the creative journey is more important than the destination, and her work often takes the form of interactive workshops and making experiences.

In her recent work with textiles, she combines revived craft processes, such as Japanese shibori dyeing techniques, with home-made, natural pigments from natural resources including foodstuffs and flowers.

Lolalely.com

Fab Lab
The rise of Fab Labs and maker spaces is turning cities into networks of factories.

Digital fabrication is disruptive — and largely for the better. It is transforming the way we source materials and how we design, manufacture and consume goods. This disruptive force could reduce our dependence on the global movement of material and product, reduce our reliance on dirty energy, and make our cities more community-focused.

Manufacturing is no longer simply about making physical products. There has been a fundamental shift, driven by demand for personalization and customization, as the boundary between creator and consumer continues to blur. Digital fabrication is causing a more democratic approach to manufacture; customers can now engage with the design and production of the things that fill their homes.

Fab Lab
The rise of Fab Labs and maker spaces is turning cities into networks of factories.

Digital fabrication is disruptive — and largely for the better. It is transforming the way we source materials and how we design, manufacture and consume goods. This disruptive force could reduce our dependence on the global movement of material and product, reduce our reliance on dirty energy, and make our cities more community-focused.

Manufacturing is no longer simply about making physical products. There has been a fundamental shift, driven by demand for personalization and customization, as the boundary between creator and consumer continues to blur. Digital fabrication is causing a more democratic approach to manufacture; customers can now engage with the design and production of the things that fill their homes.

Fab Lab: Post-Couture Collective
Founded by Martiin van Strien, The Post-Couture Collective is an open-source proiect that lets customers have a hand in the creation of their clothing. Van Strien says that because Post-Couture garments are produced only when they're sold, his approach avoids creating the redundant 30% of garments that arrive at shops only to be discarded at the end of each season. Designs are either downloaded by customers to be cut locally using a laser cutter, or shipped as a construction kit. In both cases, the garments feature innovative seams that slot together, with no need for sewing.

postcouture.cc

Fab Lab: Post-Couture Collective
Founded by Martiin van Strien, The Post-Couture Collective is an open-source proiect that lets customers have a hand in the creation of their clothing. Van Strien says that because Post-Couture garments are produced only when they're sold, his approach avoids creating the redundant 30% of garments that arrive at shops only to be discarded at the end of each season. Designs are either downloaded by customers to be cut locally using a laser cutter, or shipped as a construction kit. In both cases, the garments feature innovative seams that slot together, with no need for sewing.

postcouture.cc

Fab Lab: Post-Couture Collective
Founded by Martiin van Strien, The Post-Couture Collective is an open-source proiect that lets customers have a hand in the creation of their clothing. Van Strien says that because Post-Couture garments are produced only when they're sold, his approach avoids creating the redundant 30% of garments that arrive at shops only to be discarded at the end of each season. Designs are either downloaded by customers to be cut locally using a laser cutter, or shipped as a construction kit. In both cases, the garments feature innovative seams that slot together, with no need for sewing.

postcouture.cc

Fab Lab: Post-Couture Collective
Founded by Martiin van Strien, The Post-Couture Collective is an open-source proiect that lets customers have a hand in the creation of their clothing. Van Strien says that because Post-Couture garments are produced only when they're sold, his approach avoids creating the redundant 30% of garments that arrive at shops only to be discarded at the end of each season. Designs are either downloaded by customers to be cut locally using a laser cutter, or shipped as a construction kit. In both cases, the garments feature innovative seams that slot together, with no need for sewing.

postcouture.cc

Fab Lab: Opendesk
Opendesk is a revolutionary furniture company built upon open-source principles, with decentralised manufacturing at its heart. Opendesk's Open Making mission is to build the world's most equitable and distributed supply chain — and to replace anonymous factories with local faces.

Opendesk furniture designs can be downloaded and made locally anywhere in the world — minimising waste, storage and shipping. The Open Making process is simple. Designers submit work and choose Creative Commons licence terms. Customers are linked to their nearest local fabricator via opendesk.cc, and can download a digital design file to make their own furniture in a local maker space. Opendesk makers use CNC milling, which, like 3D-printing and laser cutting, is a digital manufacturing technology. It Uses a computer-controlled drill to cut parts from sheet materials such as plywood, recycled plastics and bio-resin composites.

opendesk.cc

Fab Lab: Opendesk
Opendesk is a revolutionary furniture company built upon open-source principles, with decentralised manufacturing at its heart. Opendesk's Open Making mission is to build the world's most equitable and distributed supply chain — and to replace anonymous factories with local faces.

Opendesk furniture designs can be downloaded and made locally anywhere in the world — minimising waste, storage and shipping. The Open Making process is simple. Designers submit work and choose Creative Commons licence terms. Customers are linked to their nearest local fabricator via opendesk.cc, and can download a digital design file to make their own furniture in a local maker space. Opendesk makers use CNC milling, which, like 3D-printing and laser cutting, is a digital manufacturing technology. It Uses a computer-controlled drill to cut parts from sheet materials such as plywood, recycled plastics and bio-resin composites.

opendesk.cc

Adapt+Assemble  
Freed of all excess frills, the designs appeal with geometric and interchangeable shapes and materials that are perfect for packing and transporting – travelling and moving made easy. The textile techniques used are simple and reliable. Industrial materials are reinterpreted and converted for home use. Bright primary colors ensure a playful appearance.   

Green Workspace
According to the biophilia hypothesis, humans have an innate tendency to seek connections with nature. This is translating into design changes within the built environment. As we become more urban, designers, planners and city dwellers are seeking increasingly inventive ways to find a home for nature in the city. From the cultivation of house plants, window boxes and home mini ecosystems to allotments, pop-up green oases and even vast vertical gardens, contemporary city dwellers are striving to re-wild the city, one shrub at a time.

In working environments, it has been proved that biophilic design not only creates a cleaner, less toxic atmosphere, but also leads to an improved sense of wellbeing and greater levels of focus. Enhance your productivity and make use of the Green Workspace. Here you will find specially selected plants that purify the air.

Green Workspace
According to the biophilia hypothesis, humans have an innate tendency to seek connections with nature. This is translating into design changes within the built environment. As we become more urban, designers, planners and city dwellers are seeking increasingly inventive ways to find a home for nature in the city. From the cultivation of house plants, window boxes and home mini ecosystems to allotments, pop-up green oases and even vast vertical gardens, contemporary city dwellers are striving to re-wild the city, one shrub at a time.

In working environments, it has been proved that biophilic design not only creates a cleaner, less toxic atmosphere, but also leads to an improved sense of wellbeing and greater levels of focus. Enhance your productivity and make use of the Green Workspace. Here you will find specially selected plants that purify the air.

Relax /Recharge
Color can affect our mood and emotions. Color can energize or calm, relax or stimulate, even anger or subdue — contrary to popular belief, it has been proved that blue light can energize and red light can calm. From ombrés to tonal gradients, varying shades of reds or blues are applied to hard and soft materials alike, as well as spaces, to create all-consuming, energy-impactful environments.

Relax/ Recharge is a transformative design direction that harnesses the power of color to bring energy balance to over-stimulated, urbanized lifestyles. This is materializing as a total immersion in color — walls, floors, furniture and fittings are saturated with single hues in multiple tones within the red and blue spectrums.

Relax/Recharge: Color Experience
Our Urban Future challenges our health and wellbeing, and designers are increasingly looking to chromotherapy to help rebalance our energy levels. Some aspects of chromotherapy — the belief that colored light can affect health and wellbeing — are beginning to gain traction. In particular, it has been suggested that blue light negatively affects the production of melatonin, a hormone that plays a key role in regulating sleep patterns, while warm red light aids its production.

As insomnia and sleeping disorders become an increasing concern for those living ever- connected busy urban lifestyles, designers across technology, product and spatial design are tuning into the power of colored light.

Color Experience creator (Un)Known Collective, a design trio based in London and the Netherlands, researches and responds to the unknown future scenarios of the 21st century. Katy Shand, Anne Vaandrager and Charlotte Nordmoen bring together multidisciplinary skills, including textiles, moving image and robotics. (Un)known Collective has created an immersive audiovisual experience designed to rebalance your energy levels.

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Relax/Recharge: Color Experience
Our Urban Future challenges our health and wellbeing, and designers are increasingly looking to chromotherapy to help rebalance our energy levels. Some aspects of chromotherapy — the belief that colored light can affect health and wellbeing — are beginning to gain traction. In particular, it has been suggested that blue light negatively affects the production of melatonin, a hormone that plays a key role in regulating sleep patterns, while warm red light aids its production.

As insomnia and sleeping disorders become an increasing concern for those living ever- connected busy urban lifestyles, designers across technology, product and spatial design are tuning into the power of colored light.

Color Experience creator (Un)Known Collective, a design trio based in London and the Netherlands, researches and responds to the unknown future scenarios of the 21st century. Katy Shand, Anne Vaandrager and Charlotte Nordmoen bring together multidisciplinary skills, including textiles, moving image and robotics. (Un)known Collective has created an immersive audiovisual experience designed to rebalance your energy levels.

theunknowncollective.com

Perfect Imperfection
A return to the artisanal and the crafted sees the emergence of a perfectly imperfect design direction. In a reaction to the oversaturation of mass-produced goods, the revival of ancient craft techniques lends enhanced narrative and meaning to objects. Indigo, one of the oldest dyes in the world, is embraced by a wave of contemporary brands and designers.

The craft of indigo dyeing is revisited and celebrated for its imperfect quality and graduating shades of blue. An embodiment of the ancient Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi (accepting imperfection), materials and products bear the marks of their making, embracing visible brushstrokes, stitching and joinery, a poetic documentation of their creation. Appealing on two levels, the direction speaks of historical revival in print and pattern and classic durability by way of workwear-inspired functional twill.

Urban Oasis
We have an inherent connection to the natural world, yet we are living increasingly urban and digital lifestyles, further and further removed from natural habitats. Even a short time spent close to nature can result in an improved sense of wellbeing and designers are increasingly responding to 'nature deficit'. They are turning interiors into green oases; calm refuges from hard, cold, industrial urban landscapes.

Green, the most restful color to view, is used in design to replenish, nourish and energize our minds and bodies. Lush, tone-on-tone green hues are used to provide a healing, therapeutic and refreshing quality to spaces and products, while textural elements that replicate or mimic nature provide a rich, indulgent feel. Dark forest and tropical greens are mixed with dusty roses to add warmth to heavy, luxe fabrics.