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Uncaged Innovations Launches Bio-based Leather Alternative, Elevate, With Products From 10 Indie Brands
The alternative materials company will have its first accessories to market in January in partnership with…
Cascale Updates Higg Index, Partners With Open Supply Hub
Over the past three years, Cascale has worked with a team of stakeholders to create a cotton-specific…
EXCLUSIVE: MCM Launches Capsule Made From Mirum Leather Alternative
The German luxury accessories brand worked for two years to develop the vegan, plastic-free version of its…
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Italy Design Supply Chain Data Hints Economy Is Turning the Page
Helped by an uptick in U.S. demand, data from the Italian federation of woodworking and furniture industries…
Lab-grown Cotton Start-up Galy Raises $33 Million Series B Round From Inditex, H&M
Bill Gates' Breakthrough Energy Ventures led the round focused on improving quality and scaling up.
EXCLUSIVE: Circ Launches Second Collab With Zara — and Why It Matters
The textile recycling tech company is scaling up its production and showing brands what circular materials…
ESG Outlook: Biophilica’s Mira Nameth on Its Bio-Based Leather Alternative
Mira Nameth, CEO and co-founder of bio-based leather alternative manufacturer Biophilica, discusses the…
Uncaged Innovations Raises $5.6 Million for Its Bio-based Leather Alternative
The next-gen biomaterials company is developing prototypes for Jaguar Land Rover and is in discussions with…
ESG Outlook: Thomasine Dolan of Material Innovation Initiative on Next-Gen Materials
Thomasine Dolan, director of material innovation + design, Material Innovation Initiative, discusses why it's…
Ambercycle Partners With MAS Holdings to Scale Cycora
The manufacturing giant has agreed to purchase enough regenerated polyester from Ambercycle to make roughly…
Late Designer Gaetano Pesce Honored at Design Miami.Basel
Between Monday and June 16, Paris' Pulp Galerie will pay tribute to Pesce's free-spirited use of experimental…
Serena Uziyel Opens a New York Store, and More Locations Are on the Way
The Turkish designer is making her direct retail debut on New York's Broome Street, to be followed by…
Can Fashion Kick Its Virgin Synthetics Addiction?
The industry won't meet its collective climate targets if it sticks with materials born from new fossil fuel…
Why University of Texas at Austin Researchers Made Compostable Sequins and Recruited Designers
University of Texas at Austin researchers, faculty and students have blended science and design for…