Kukka is proud to showcase at Dutch Design Week! We participate in two exhibitions with our biodesign undertaking Residing Color.
EXHIBITION 1: WORK IN PROGRESS
Work in Progress
reveals the present state of practice-based design analysis: from
exploratory analysis to prototypes and upcoming market introductions.
The theme this yr is “Utilized Design Analysis as a Catalyst of Change”. Design professorships from Dutch universities of utilized sciences present their most modern analysis tasks right here.
Be amazed by the newest bio-based merchandise: from textile dyed with micro organism to façade cladding that imitates a polar bear. Expertise the feel and appear of a jute cafe desk and a recycled denim wall. Step on the modern Robo stairs, which mix the advantages of a elevate and a staircase. And
see what comes out of the 3D printer: a drone, versatile trend
textiles – to a ‘tiny home’ of concrete.
THE FUTURE OF LIVING MATERIALS
In a number of subprojects of The Way forward for Residing Supplies,
designers study the probabilities of dwelling supplies that contribute
to a sustainable and round trend business in collaboration with
ArtEZ Future Makers and Wageningen College & Analysis.
We are going to present our biodesign analysis undertaking Residing Color right here. In
this undertaking we examine a brand new and pure strategy to dye textiles with
micro organism that produce pigment. We need to provide a sustainable different to poisonous artificial textile dyes made out of petrochemicals. Air pollution from trend manufacturing and specifically the textile dyeing course of is a giant downside. The colouring, bleaching and remedy of textiles causes 20 p.c of all freshwater air pollution on the earth.
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS OF LIVING COLOUR
After the fabric analysis we displayed at State of Style, we’ve labored with different designers and corporations which have developed
their very own sustainable modern materials to check whether or not our dyeing
course of is appropriate for dyeing these supplies. We dyed mycelium MycoTex by NEFFA, Pyratex Well being cloth by Pyrates Good Materials, plant root textile by Diana Scherer and felt from non-industrial wool by Beatrice Waanders. We present these new developments throughout Dutch Design Week. Come and see these thrilling new developments!
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| Supplies by NEFFA, Pyratex, Diana Scherer and Beatrice Waanders |
EXHIBITION
Sat 20 October – Sunday 28 October in Klokgebouw | Corridor 2 by Community Utilized Design Analysis (NADR)
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| Kukka’s biodesign undertaking Residing Color at Klokgebouw throughout Dutch Design Week 2018 |
EXHIBITION 2: FASHION? FUTURE DESIGN FOR THE PRESENT
Style pretends to be a subject of innovation and the brand new, however the
supplies and manufacturing strategies have hardly developed because the
Industrial Revolution within the 18th century.
Style and clothes may very well be a lot extra; it’s the piece of
expertise we hold closest to our pores and skin, and with which we’ve probably the most
intimate relationship.
Style? Future Design for the Current – curated by Marina Toeters – explores and opens a vista of potentialities by way of a
vary of modern tasks from totally different designers and researchers
from the Netherlands and overseas, some very experimental, some prepared for
sale and residential use. From new sustainable methods of considering and designing,
modern manufacturing options and built-in expertise that may
enhance the way in which clothes behave, really feel and deal with your physique.
At this exhibition we present our expanded color palette created by micro organism.
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| Residing Color textiles, dyed with micro organism |
EXHIBITION
Sat 20 October – Sunday 28 October in Campina Melkontvangst
