Five things to see at Designs for a Cooler Planet: Evolving colours, wood glitter and garments with a history
Better Balance in the Fashion System, BioColour, Professor Kirsi NiinimäkiThe idea of using natural alternatives like flowers to dye textiles may already sound familiar, but what about using the huge amounts of waste material from the agriculture industry?
Designed by Elina Onkinen and Kasia Gorniak, their collection of fabric dyed with onion skins and willow tree bark is part of the Better Balance in the Fashion System exhibit.
BioColour investigates the use of side streams from food and agricultural industries as industrially viable pigment alternatives, as well as the future of lab-grown colourants.
While the bright colours we see in our clothes may seem beautiful, their toxic chemicals harm workers and our environment.
BioColour shows that beautiful doesn’t have to mean harmful.
1. Better Balance in the Fashion System, BioColour, Professor Kirsi Niinimäki
The idea of using natural alternatives like flowers to dye textiles may already sound familiar, but what about using the huge amounts of waste material from the agriculture industry? Research consortium BioColour explores that, and much more.
Designed by Elina Onkinen and Kasia Gorniak, their collection of fabric dyed with onion skins and willow tree bark is part of the Better Balance in the Fashion System exhibit. BioColour investigates the use of side streams from food and agricultural industries as industrially viable pigment alternatives, as well as the future of lab-grown colourants.
While the bright colours we see in our clothes may seem beautiful, their toxic chemicals harm workers and our environment. BioColour shows that beautiful doesn’t have to mean harmful.
