Work on prototypes!

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Consorzio Vera Pelle / Andrea Ghizzani

I am a tanner in Tuscany, from a small town in Pisa between Florence and the sea. My father was a tanner before me and my family has always followed the antique
method of tanning leathers traditional to that area, vegetable tanning. For me it is a choice that reflects deep values, [...]

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Work in progress!

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Válerie Bergeron / Mater. FAD Materials Center

ECO SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVES: Latest research from MATER FAD, selected by Camper Barcelona Design Center.
WILLIE BOOT
Recycled plastic
Company: Shile Plastic – UK
WILD RUBBER
Fabric with natural rubber
Company: Wild Rubber – Brazil
ACOUSTICORK
Cork and Rubber
Company: AMORIM – Portugal
NEDDLE FELT
Felt
Company: VFG – Germany
CUOIO RIGENERATO
Recycled leather
Company: Prodotti Alfa – Italy

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Celery Design

We are here to design an object, an experience,
a business model, a pattern of behavior, a collective impact.
Design is at the core of our consumer culture. Intentionally or
not, there are designers behind every major global problem
we face. On the other hand, design gives scale to new ideas
and solutions. So we are exactly the right people [...]

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Sustainable Creativity Workshop / Michelle A. Binczak

Inspiration itself is by its nature green: natural, ever-renewable, authentic. It originates in what might be called “wild mind” – a state where the imagination is free to play and explore. To invite this state, we apply techniques designed to stimulate somatic perception, activate intuition, awaken all the senses, and interrupt the abiding domination of [...]

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The earth and feet and the space between / Erika Nerozzi

I am a scientist, I am very curious by nature. My main work is research in
the field of posturology. I conduct my work in Bologna in Italy and have also
worked extensively in Canada on research programs. I started out teaching
swimming and judo, and I watched people and how they moved and used
their feet and held [...]

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